Science Fiction
The Broken Word – Part 4
Elira’s voice had returned, but the power it carried was no longer hers alone. Each syllable of the Binding Tongue pulsed with a second heartbeat—Marrek’s influence embedded like a splinter beneath the skin of her magic. Her speech wavered between liberation and control, and though she stood stronger now, every invocation whispered danger.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
She handwrote a letter in 2042. The city wouldn't be the same again.
On the surface, everything was ideal in the glittering metropolis of Liora. In addition to writing books, music, and even poetry, artificial intelligence also handled traffic. With glowing visors on their faces, people were walking with their eyes deep in machine-tailored, personalized realities rather than on the outside world.
By Md Rakib Islamabout a year ago in Chapters
The Broken Word – Part 3
The route to the Thorned Archive’s remnants lay through the Hollowwood—a forest not mapped by any cartographer still in possession of their sanity. Trees grew in spirals, bark blackened with old warding runes, and fog clung low to the mossy ground like breath that wouldn’t leave.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
The Broken Word – Part 2
The mountain trail that led to the Oathkeeper’s Grave was older than memory and twice as bitter. Vaelin led the way, his boots crunching over frostbitten pine needles. The path narrowed along a steep ridge where ancient prayer flags fluttered from twisted branches—most had rotted into shreds, their sigils faded by wind and time. The forest here was silent. Not dead, but listening.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
Microsoft Warns All Windows Users—
Microsoft Warns All Windows Users—Delete Your Password May 2, 2025 — In a bold flow to redefine cybersecurity, Microsoft is now urging all Windows users to ditch traditional passwords in choose of extra comfy, cutting-edge authentication techniques. The agency’s new message is apparent: “Delete your password.”
By R. Howladerabout a year ago in Chapters
Time, the Ultimate Currency
For Eleanor, every tick of the clock was a reminder of the cost she was paying. Her life was a constant race against time, but unlike most, she wasn’t trying to outrun it; she was trying to make the most of it. In her world, time was more valuable than gold, and every moment wasted was a moment lost forever.
By Zeeshan Muhammadabout a year ago in Chapters
The Pale Thorn Pact - Part 5
The city of Calvenholde was silent beneath a veil of mist. The frost still clung to its rooftops, and the river had not yet thawed from the long winter. Morning light filtered weakly through the clouded sky, catching on spires, chimneys, and copper-burnished watchtowers. It was a city old enough to have forgotten half its sins and rich enough to bury the rest.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
The Pale Thorn Pact - Part 3
The mountains opened like a wound. At the edge of the Spires, where the peaks met the sky and the wind whispered in languages long dead, a chasm tore the earth. Wide, sheer, and unnaturally clean, as though split by something ancient and precise. The locals called it The Severance—a place cursed by time-magic during the Shattering Wars, now avoided even by crows.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
