Nik Hein

Joined June 2022

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Brahma’s One Hundred and Fifteenth Dream
Brahma’s one hundred and fifteenth dream rolls over the ripples of existence Of people, planets, and pieces of random universes
By Nik Hein11 days ago in Poets
The One Who Whisper
A translucent shadow Somewhere near... You shake your head and shudder, When you catch a glimpse Of ghostly face Just at the corner of your eye
By Nik Hein3 months ago in Poets
The Answer Is in the Autumn Mist
What could be sadder than frozen leaves? Come with me, do you hear the quiet ringing? See how the frost melts in the palms of my hands,
By Nik Hein4 months ago in Poets
The Fished
The last haze of oblivion suddenly evaporated like dew in the bright sun, and Jon sat up abruptly, looking around. The terrain around him was utterly unfamiliar. Soft, thick, low grass, interspersed here and there with small bushes of bright, juicy flowers. On the edges of the clearing were tall palms: reddish-brown trunks topped with tufts of long, pinnate green. Behind the palm trees was a white sandy beach outlined with the azure sea.
By Nik Hein4 months ago in Fiction
Windows into the Neverland
A glimpse into another space black and white yellowed Through windows into the past. Pictures in an old album where people who are no longer their own
By Nik Hein5 months ago in Poets
Bouquet of Fireflowers
The spacesuit had seen better days, but when Antoine started the test mode, only two indicators on the breast panel gleamed red. Antoine paid no attention to that. Those were connected to the radio, which was useless on the planet’s surface. The interference from the star was blocking the radio waves.
By Nik Hein5 months ago in Fiction
October Blues
How the carpet rustles underfoot, The sparks of scarlet maple fires, And how the tent of heaven weeps Under the blows of the gloomy winds,
By Nik Hein5 months ago in Poets
Addiction Is a Demon No One Should Fight Alone
Today I learned that a man I had known for a long time had died. We had known each other for almost ten years, although we were not close friends. We worked together in the same company almost from the very beginning. But, unlike me, he would disappear from our horizon from time to time, reappear for a season or two, and then disappear again.
By Nik Hein6 months ago in Psyche
We Will Go Extinct but the Earth Will Be Fine
The idea for this article came to my mind after watching a few episodes of an action TV show (I won't say which one, for it doesn't matter). In these episodes, the idea of eco-terrorism is actively exploited. Fanatical zealots are going all-in to save the planet from humanity by eliminating a significant part of the human population (preferably not less than half).
By Nik Hein6 months ago in Earth
After the End
Here time suffocates the light with rusty dust, And a vile cobweb of boredom clings to the face of oblivion. You are in the living room
By Nik Hein7 months ago in Poets
Impressionism in Science Fiction: "Nova" by Samuel Delany
Long ago, Samuel Delany was one of the first authors, along with James Ballard, to introduce me to the strange and amazing world of the New Wave of science fiction. The first time I read Nova was in 1991, and I was immersed in the novel's weird world. Back then, I was a solid fan of hard sci-fi, but Delany's book, on the other hand, was totally from another dimension. It was like: "wow, why did nobody tell me before that it's possible to write like that!?" (Then it was followed by Babel-17, which finally shattered the rest of my stereotypical perception of SF.)
By Nik Hein7 months ago in Futurism
2,500 Books That Changed My Life Forever
It’s not a joke. I have indeed read about 2,500 books that have changed my life most radically and irrevocably. Of course, I don’t know the exact number; 2,500 is a rough amount I deduced based on my age and how many books I manage to read in a year. It easily can be 2,000 or 3,000, but you probably got the idea.
By Nik Hein8 months ago in Motivation