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The Forgetting Room. AI-Generated.
Dr. Sarah Chen stood in the doorway of Room 447, her hand trembling on the cold metal handle. The hospital corridor stretched behind her, fluorescent lights humming their eternal song. She'd been avoiding this room for three weeks, ever since the accident that had stolen eighteen months of her memory.
By Alpha Cortexa day ago in Fiction
The Cartographer's Equation. AI-Generated.
Dr. Sana Okafor had spent three years mapping the erosion patterns of West Africa's coastline, and she'd learned one immutable truth: everything beautiful eventually disappears. She stood now in a cramped university office in Lisbon, staring at a whiteboard covered in someone else's mathematics, waiting for the colleague who'd accidentally been assigned her workspace.
By Alpha Cortexa day ago in Fiction
Kitten's Kitchen
In a charming little town, nestled among blooming gardens and surrounded by quiet meadows, there once lived a kind and worthy widow whom everyone simply called Grandmother. Her given name had long faded from people’s memory, for she had never sought fame, but only to be of service to others. Her small cottage, with its carved shutters, stood at the edge of town beside an old lilac bush that blossomed each spring so abundantly it seemed to comfort its mistress with fragrance alone.
By Ludmila Pachadgia day ago in Fiction
Worldbuilding: Alternate Realities
Just a little bit of Sunday evening worldbuilding for my upcoming dark fairy novel. Yes, fairies are real, they can be vicious, they are not human AND they are biological creatures (albeit with the ability to produce all kinds of dangerous magic).
By Brian Loo Soon Huaa day ago in Fiction
Let Me Prove It
My buddy Bill had been studying in Germany for three years. But even after he finished his studies, he refused to leave. Instead, he insisted on coming with me to teach in a poor mountainous area, saying he wanted to do his part for rural education in Germany.
By John Brucea day ago in Fiction
The Ping-Pong Gentleman
In a men’s table tennis match, John and his opponent were going toe-to-toe, dead even. With the score tied at 4-4, his opponent crushed a wicked smash. John stretched out to save it, but the ball nicked the underside of the table instead of landing fair.
By John Brucea day ago in Fiction
