fantasy

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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye is a famous novel written by J.D. Salinger, first published in 1951. It has become a classic of modern American literature, especially loved by teenagers and young adults. The story is about a 16-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, who is struggling with growing up, finding his place in the world, and dealing with the pain of loss and loneliness.
By Muhammad Hayat9 months ago in Futurism
Homunculi: Did the “Little Men” of Ancient Alchemy Exist?
Homunculi: Did the “Little Men” of Ancient Alchemy Exist? A Whisper from the Crucible In the shadowed corners of ancient laboratories, behind doors sealed with symbols and prayers, the alchemists of old chased more than gold. They pursued secrets whispered only in dreams, visions of power, eternal life, and the divine spark itself. Among the most disturbing and mystifying of their alleged creations was the homunculus, a miniature human said to be born not of womb, but of arcane science.
By The Secret History Of The World9 months ago in Futurism
Has the dire wolf come back to life?. AI-Generated.
Imagine a wolf-like beast from the Ice Age — powerful, muscular, and built for hunting massive animals like bison and mammoths. These were dire wolves, creatures that went extinct around 12,500 years ago. But now, a Texas-based biotech company, Colossal Biosciences, claims they’ve brought this ancient predator back to life. Sounds like science fiction, right?
By Waqar Ahmad9 months ago in Futurism
If Giants were Worshipped
Our Story continues.. The Archeology Professor who’s name was Doctor Teresa Cygnus ( named after the Swan Constellation) was still seated at a long table inside the Castle. Her conversation with the Android, Burdock must have been overheard. Standing near him a rather flogged merchant stood offering him a old bottle of Robitussin Maximum strength cough syrup. Teresa laughed, He thinks since your a robot you need his remedy. The medicine must have been from the 20th century. Burdock smiled telling him he wasn’t interested. His cyber watch beeped while he acknowledged that it was Christoph & Maggie signaling from the Pod. While he conversed with his team, Doctor Teresa was offered a blond wig with a attached crown of sea shells & a turquoise third eye. The merchant helping her try on the hair piece, covering her brown frocks she covered with a hood. She had no money to give him since money didn’t seem to exist among the Druid people. Taking off ring of amber she offered it to him. He gladly accepted as he was intrigued with the preserved insect of a bee in the orange stone. Burdock learned that his teammates had gone back to the pod being afraid to leave the technology behind. TC, ( She liked to be called by her initials ) they are back in the pod as they related they were intimidated by lost world civilizations, being only familiar with modern. What is that your wearing? A lot of them are wearing wigs, the trader gave me this one. Are you still worried about turning human? Yes, Christoph said he was getting a strange reading from a upper room. It’s worth checking out, let’s investigate. The upper floor had a stone staircase that had a several rooms behind wooden doors. Using the compass aperture of his watch, he located a room that held a rather large stone. It was emerald in color containing ruin engraved symbols & stood on a hard magnetic plate. The two ran their fingers across the smooth surface that was carved in a rectangle being lit from inside by a unknown light source. I feel it shutting down the human parts, allowing me not to metaphorically become human. It might work like a ancient battery. Yes, TC, I’m hoping so, I’m not ready to have my plumbing mutate into man made flesh. Having a heartbeat feels irregular, yet I am curious about the love aspect. That is what I could help with, warmth, touching.. She felt close to him as he studied her attire. I never noticed your necklace before, is that too a relic preserved in time? It is, the cicada hibernates inside this tree resin necklace along with its glittering wings. He was still hugging the green pillar as it restored his vitals to mechanical rhythms. This is what I do when I’m not digging up alien artifacts. Some of the preserved species of fern & flora I find inside tombs of our alien ancestors I make into jewelry. Tell me about your findings in Peru, I heard you discovered a entire civilization. Being high up at Manchu Picchu I found indeed many tombs of a tiny race that was from the mysterious asteroid, Oumuamua. I read that they unveiled the asteroid, as the findings were kept secret. They flew it like a craft for years until the heaviness of the steel forced it to land on the Peru Mountain. What we found inside was a craft within the iron shell, that had a gravitational field of its own generated from the space debris. The beings inside were situated in tiny chair’s looking like the interior of a plane, as it could travel in long distances through the solar system. Very interesting. Yes it was, as the Mountain itself was roped off to the native population while I was allowed VIP status with a glider landing on the lush green manicured garden that felt like an ancient playground. There was so much to uncover, we found articles of clothing & instruments we had never seen before. Not only space fibers but computers that told a primitive language that we still are trying to decipher. The beings were carefully removed from the site & replaced by duplicate resin replacements as part of a now museum attraction. I have never witnessed anything so metaphysical until then. With her last words the pillar of green began to flash, then a beam of a light ray absorbed the two of them into a different time & space. They slept in an unconscious cocoon for hours until awakening in what appeared to be a craft flying in hyper space. Walking around to explore a musty chamber they found a window to peer through. They must have been up high since they had a birds eyes view of a group of white coated humans. They were conversing over the man they had on their viewing screen. TC recognized him as the silver haired man in the castle. He wasn’t in the craft, as he utilized it through his house on the planet below. We must have been in the tractor beam of the craft. Burdock said trying to gather his thoughts. I think the pillar stone must have been a teleportation device. TC nodded, yes. They watched as the man showered & took a blood test with a laser beam. He then put his eye in a device that enlarged his pupil to cover the entire screen. It seems they are studying him. A man put to a test to survive in the dark ages.. TC read his eye imprint & wondered how it could be. The language on the computers are familiar, I think I remember reading about the language of Alpha Centaurus. You are very intelligent, I’ve often wondered if Androids were first designed from other worlds. Alpha Centaurus is a very long distance. How can we escape from where we are now at? Look over there, a small door. Burdock walked with his long thin legs to a tiny door hatch. Pushing it open he fell out, floating until hitting the ground. The sky was bright as he looked up at the craft that had a beam of light shrouding the house with a natural skylight. He could see TC at the small portal. Waving he yelled to jump, as gravity from the craft allowed a soft landing. She then understood & fell slowly as if in slow motion. Thats when a solar eclipse occurred where a band of rag tag soldiers screamed up at the hidden sun. Monks appeared frightened by the obliteration. They chanted the holy words from the tablet. That which is below corresponds to that which is above. That which is above corresponds to that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of the one thing. As they prayed the holy words, the giant appeared as if called by them. His footsteps trembled the ground while the eclipse was happening. The robed men kept chanting. And just as all things have come from this one thing, through the meditation of the mind, so do all created things originate from this one thing through transformation. It’s father is the sun, it’s mother is the moon..They chanted until the darkness had past, light taking back its place. Then the craft covered everything in a bright beam of light that put all to sleep as if under a spell including TC & Burdock. The silver haired man walked out of the earthen house to where the outsiders lay. Bending over her sleeping body, he noticed her hair holding the sea crown. Cupping her face in his hands like a king in a fairy tale, he wondered too, who she was. Then a file of white coats from inside the craft appeared with a glass stretcher. The silver haired man said to take her, as he took her for his bride. They carried TC into the craft while the group of monks & soldiers slept. Burdock awoken only to view the craft accenting into the sun while he knew she had been taken. Heading back to where it all had started, he found Christoph & Maggie in the suspended animation capsules, looking much like a Supernatural Jesus & Magdalene. He didn’t know it was Easter.
By Ocusan M9 months ago in Futurism
"Echo of the Void"
Dan ran, his lungs burning from the cold Lower East Side air. The streets blurred into a kaleidoscope of neon and shadow, the crowd parting around him, oblivious to his panic. Synergy’s drones hummed overhead, their red beams slicing through the night, hunting him among the sea of neural-linked passersby.
By Julia Smith9 months ago in Futurism
The trees have eyes 🌱
"Mama, I saw eyes in the trees today, they looked at me and glowed". Little Tatum held tight to her mother's hand. "Oh come child, none of your stories today, I don't want to be late for work". Estella was a good mother, but today she had an important meeting with the Board.
By Antoni De'Leon9 months ago in Futurism
Cinderella, Inc. Content Warning.
It was 2345, and history had a tendency to repeat itself, even if technology is more advanced. CinderElla worked as a software engineer for a company called Crystal Shoes, Inc. Their latest product was a pair of cutting-edge smart shoes that could change their shape and color based on the wearer's mood and neural commands. They could even clean themselves.
By Alex H Mittelman 9 months ago in Futurism
Astronaughty . Content Warning.
My name is Harper. I’m a stripper at a nightclub that floats through space. We started building those in 2137. A hundred years later, and they’re a staple of the world economy.
By Alex H Mittelman 9 months ago in Futurism
The Perfect Fall of Humanity
The leaves fell within the minute, falling peacefully to the ground to lie there, but for mere hours until the “tidier” came to pick them up the following morning. A cool, crisp breeze tickled Melissa’s spine as her roommate Jennifer sat upon the porch, remembering what the world used to be like; that is, before everything became “perfect.”
By Hailey M9 months ago in Futurism
Alive Silence
It all started with the war in Ukraine. People fled. They lost their homes, families, language, and themselves. Some stayed forever in destroyed buildings, others in lines at foreign borders. The world watched, sympathized, donated, but didn’t understand. Then the chain reaction began - wars, climate catastrophes, economic crashes. Humanity was on its knees and decided: the old world is dead. Let the new one be born. Perfect.
By Mapique9 months ago in Futurism
The Lucy Mission of NASA: A Historic Journey to Discover Asteroid Secrets
NASA's Lucy mission is making headlines in the ever-expanding field of space exploration as it prepares for yet another thrilling close encounter, this time with an asteroid. Not only is this ground-breaking mission a significant step forward for NASA, but it also marks a thrilling chapter in humanity's attempt to comprehend where our solar system came from. Launched in October 2021, Lucy is the first mission designed specifically to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids — a unique group of space rocks that share Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun. Scientists believe these asteroids are ancient remnants from the early solar system, frozen in time for billions of years. The formation processes of planets, moons, and other celestial bodies can be deduced from their study.
By Dipak Chakraborty9 months ago in Futurism
Echoes of Tomorrow
Chapter 1: The Rift in Time In the year 2074, technology had become the fabric of human existence. Nanobots were woven into people’s bloodstreams to monitor health, AI algorithms were responsible for everything from city management to personal choices, and cities had risen above the clouds, their shimmering spires an emblem of human achievement. Yet beneath the surface of this futuristic utopia, society was fracturing. Climate change had ravaged Earth’s ecosystems, and resources were growing scarce. Technology that once held the promise of salvation now threatened to hasten humanity’s downfall.
By Deepak Nethaji9 months ago in Futurism