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Humanity's Odyssey Beyond the Stars
In the cold expanse of the cosmos, where the stars themselves seemed to huddle together for warmth, a tiny speck hurtled through the void. It was a testament to human ingenuity and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. This tiny speck was the farthest human-made object ever to venture into the universe - the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
By Esther Anima3 years ago in Fiction
A Companion in the Storm
Today was a day for her. She's standing in the middle of the kitchen, overwhelmed. She was trying to cook dinner, but the dishes weren't clean yet. That was because she had work today, and she hadn't had time since she'd gotten home. She had dealt with 11 toddlers at work for 6 years, and she'd come home and her own young children needed her attention, praise, conversation, stimulation, and validation.
By Hope Martin3 years ago in Fiction
Little Baby Boops
It started as a soft wailing. Ears that were sharply in tune with the cries of her child, the mother calmly walks to the pack-and-play that holds her 12-month-old son. The cries weren't urgent. They were grumpy, and she understood that he didn't want to wake up yet, but for some reason he had. There was discomfort in the cries, and the more time he had to fuss, the more awake he became, and the more prominent the sound of discomfort and pain became.
By Hope Martin3 years ago in Fiction
One Last Time II. Top Story - September 2023. Content Warning.
I hadn’t entered the room since the night that it happened. How could I? Everything about her space remained the same. Frozen in time. And I was afraid to face it. I was even more afraid of the fact that one day, we may move away from this home. The only one she had ever known. Then, everything she had ever touched would be lost. Forever.
By Ashley Lima3 years ago in Fiction
The Extreme Ice Cream Scooper
Once upon a sweltering summer in the quaint town of Frostburg, there lived a peculiar individual known far and wide as "The Extreme Ice Cream Scooper." This wasn't your ordinary ice cream parlor worker; this was Jasper Frost, a man with an uncanny passion for scooping ice cream.
By Esther Anima3 years ago in Fiction
Blank Issues. Content Warning.
David approaches, in his hands, a sort of fidget, I'm not too sure, and his gaze, seems to look not at me but beyond, perhaps to something only he can see. He finally says something, his first words of the day, 'You know, I've been thinking a lot about you, believe it or not.'
By YonathanJ - Writer3 years ago in Fiction
The Carousel's Lost Star
Once upon a time, in the quaint little town of Willowbrook, there lived a young girl named Amelia. She was a bright and cheerful child, always brimming with curiosity and an insatiable thirst for adventure. Amelia's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, loved their daughter dearly and did everything they could to nurture her imagination.
By Oladipupo Opeyemi 3 years ago in Fiction
THE BLACK BOY
Once upon a time in a small Nigerian village nestled deep in the heart of the lush green countryside, there lived a curious young boy named Amadi. Amadi was known throughout the village for his unwavering skepticism when it came to supernatural powers and ancient myths. His parents, like many others in the village, believed in the old tales of spirits that roamed the forests and sacred groves, but Amadi had always dismissed them as mere stories.
By Daniel katsala3 years ago in Fiction
The Warrior of Shanduhar. Top Story - September 2023.
The day my sister was stolen from us, I swore I would either bring her home or kill myself for having failed. It was a mostly cloudless day in Shanduhar. Bracing gusts had swept through the oasis on and off since mid-morning prayers. Aria and I had been feeding the camels. Our younger brother Eran was charged with cleaning out the rain barrel or face the back of Mother’s hand. I ran to his side to help before the precious remaining water tumbled into the sand rather than into Mother’s clay jar.
By Gale Martin3 years ago in Fiction
