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The Hunter in the Mist. AI-Generated.
The forest road was golden that evening — washed in dying light, leaves whispering like old secrets. Jonas Vale, a solitary hunter, had walked these woods for twenty years. He knew every broken branch, every deer track, every breath of wind.
By Ghanni malik3 months ago in Fiction
Echoes of the Earth. AI-Generated.
The first time Evelyn heard the whisper, she thought it was the wind. She had been sitting by the old willow near the edge of the forest — her usual place of quiet since she’d moved into the countryside cottage two months ago.
By Ghanni malik3 months ago in Fiction
The Pale Echo of Blue
Tokyo had changed since the blue lights appeared. What was once a city of noise had become a city of reflection — quiet, distant, and strangely calm.
By Wellova 3 months ago in Fiction
Five-Minute Refund
Five-Minute Refund If you can undo one mistake a day, who owns the version where you didn’t? The first time I used the refund, I saved a stranger’s life and missed my train.
By Alex Mario3 months ago in Fiction
The Doppelgänger ▌│█║▌║▌║ ║▌║▌║█-𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝙲𝚞𝚝-. Top Story - October 2025. Content Warning.
Marcus recklessly jumps over logs and ducks under branches running through the moonlit forest. He’s desperate to find a way out of this nightmarish trap. Thoughts of guilty try to distract him from the task at hand. Only the determination to escape overrides the freshly engraved images circulating his mind.
By Lamar Wiggins3 months ago in Fiction
Neural Dream
Neural Dream When sleep becomes software, you don’t wake up — you update. The first night, I woke up with blood on my tongue and a word in my mouth that didn’t belong to me.
By Alex Mario3 months ago in Fiction
The Guardian of the Jungle
A day like any other , I went to fetch water at the peraõ(1). I knew the songs of almost every bird, so I was surprised to hear a whistle I had never heard in the area before.
By Tati Asencio3 months ago in Fiction
Across The Merderet. Runner-Up in Parallel Lives Challenge.
I sped off to the recruiting post in Galena. Even though my birth certificate at St. Michaels said that Joseph F. Higgins was Born 1927 not 1926 like I told the recruiter, I wasn’t going to let that one year stop me. Hell or high water I was going to be a paratrooper.
By Matthew J. Fromm3 months ago in Fiction
The Apartment Below. AI-Generated.
NIGHT ONE I moved into the apartment on Willow and Ninth because it was cheap, not because it was good. The ceiling cracked like a map of old veins, the walls smelled faintly of mildew, and the radiator hissed like it resented being alive. Still, in a city where rent could devour your sanity, it felt like a small victory — a space of my own.
By Smyrna3 months ago in Fiction
The Whisper Beneath the Floorboards
When I first saw the old townhouse at the end of Wicker Street, I wasn’t looking for beauty. I was looking for quiet. The kind of quiet that fills the air after heartbreak, when your own thoughts become too loud to bear. The landlord, a weary man with half-moon eyes and nicotine-stained fingers, handed me the keys with a warning:
By Muhammad Kaleemullah3 months ago in Fiction
The Lengths A Mother Would Go. Honorable Mention in Parallel Lives Challenge.
1867 “MORGAN, you need to think clearly-” “Quiet yourself!” She ripped her sleeve from her sister’s desperate grasp, in such a focus that she failed to realize that the cuff of her sleeve became partially torn. She continued her travel down the overgrown pathway, pausing only to retch her skirts and crinoline from the hold of the brush. Night was falling upon the quiet village, bringing with it the oppressive touches of darkness.
By Connie3 months ago in Fiction
E.V.A. – The Machine That Dreamed
E.V.A. – The Machine That Dreamed When humanity built her, they thought they were creating the perfect servant. They didn’t know they had given birth to a soul.
By Alex Mario3 months ago in Fiction