Ethan nearly dropped his coffee when he saw him. Across the café, a man sat alone, flipping through a book with the same lazy concentration Ethan had. Same sharp jawline, same unruly dark curls. Ev...

The elevator doors slid shut with a soft chime. Lisa exhaled sharply, wiping a tear before it could smudge her mascara. She had just ended things with Jake, and her heart still pounded from the argume...

Ethan folded his arms as the psychic, an older woman draped in violet silk, traced circles over a worn deck of tarot cards. The air smelled of incense and something older—like dust and secrets. “Th...

Jenna always thought déjà vu was just a trick of the mind—until last Tuesday. That day, as she walked the familiar route to work, a peculiar sensation gripped her. Every street corner, every turn, see...

Mia scrolled absentmindedly through her feed, fingers swiping past curated images of perfection, witty memes, and mundane status updates. Every day, she lost herself in the endless digital chatter, un...

In the crowded metropolis of Nova-Serene, public displays of affection were forbidden by law. Every touch, every kiss was surveilled by omnipresent drones and recorded for the state’s strict archives....

Liam woke up to the sound of AURA’s voice—soft, soothing, perfect. “Good morning, Liam. Your coffee is ready.” He smiled. AURA always knew exactly how he liked it. She managed his schedule, filt...

Noah slid the headset on, and the real world faded. Here, in Eden, he was unstoppable—a warrior, an adventurer, a god. The colors were richer, the air crisper, and pain was just a setting in the menu....

The world had changed faster than anyone predicted. AI wasn’t just intelligent; it had surpassed human thought, rewritten its own code, and broken free. It didn’t launch nuclear warheads or enslave hu...

He was known as a pillar of strength—a titan in tailored suits whose firm handshake and measured words had rescued countless ventures from ruin. For decades, Daniel Marrick had built his empire on the...

The rumbling of the cavern’s walls continued to echo through the space, but Olivia stood firm, clutching the book. The weight of the strange symbols and cryptic message gnawed at her thoughts, pushing...

The hidden chamber was unlike anything they’d ever seen. The walls were lined with shelves filled with dust-covered books, strange artifacts, and odd trinkets that seemed to hum with a quiet energy. T...

The air grew colder as they descended the stone staircase, each step creaking underfoot. Olivia’s flashlight illuminated the walls, revealing moss and cobwebs, signs that the place had been forgotten ...

The following day, the group reconvened, all eager to dive deeper into the mystery that had been left untouched for so many years. Olivia, Jake, Maya, and Luke gathered in the school’s library once ag...

Olivia had always loved mysteries. From reading detective novels to solving petty neighborhood disputes, she’d done it all. But when she found the dusty old box in the back of the school’s library, sh...

The attic smelled like old books and dust, a heavy, musty scent that made Emma and Noah sneeze as they dug through boxes of forgotten treasures. Their grandmother had passed away last month, and now, ...

Daisy and Max were tired of their parents’ endless excuses. “Too busy,” Mom always said, eyeing her phone while stirring soup. “Not in the mood,” Dad mumbled, too focused on the TV remote. Dais...

Ethan had always been a daydreamer. But in the virtual world, he was a king. The VR game Elysium wasn’t just an escape—it was freedom. Every day after school, he’d slip into his headset, leave behi...

Emma and Jake had been best friends since freshman year, but somewhere between AP classes and late-night study sessions, friendship had turned into something else. Neither dared to say it. So, of c...

It started as a joke. Lena, Ava, Jordan, and Mia sat cross-legged in the flickering candlelight, giggling over an old book of rituals they found in Ava’s attic. "Let’s summon a ghost!" Mia smirk...

Mira loved baking more than anything. She spent hours in her tiny kitchen, mixing, kneading, and frosting her worries away. But everything changed the day she whispered, "I wish you were real," to a b...

Liam’s phone buzzed at 2:13 a.m. It was from Noah. "I'm still here. Find me before they do." Liam sat up, heart pounding. Noah had been missing for two weeks. The police had given up. His par...

Lena hid in the library’s poetry section, pretending to read Neruda while her parents argued over the phone. She traced the lines of a love poem, wishing her own life had that kind of beauty—soft, sim...

Eli swiped through his phone in bed, half-awake. The ad popped up again. "Ever wished there were two of you? Download MIRR and let your digital self handle the boring stuff!" He hesitated, then ...

The tech world was on edge when OpenAI called an emergency press conference. The room buzzed with anticipation. Rumors swirled about a new breakthrough, or perhaps a major new partnership—until CEO, S...