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Date Night
Alright, so I got my phone out. On date night. But... in my defence, he did it first. I know that sounds childish. I know it does. But here's the thing. For me, date night has always been sacrosanct. I'm the one who puts my phone away, and pays my date my full attention.
By L.C. Schäferabout a year ago in Fiction
Endurance
Doug’s apartment smells like a cross between a locker room and a brewery, which is to say: exactly as he wanted. There are five kinds of chips on the coffee table, arranged with the military precision of someone who has watched too many Food Network marathons. The walls are a riot of Cubs memorabilia, dorm-era posters, and one gigantic, ironically naked calendar girl that has clearly been hanging since before Doug started working at Cadabra. The sectional is a hand-me-down from Doug’s cousin, the cushions permanently molded into the ass-prints of everyone who’s ever watched a game here.
By Endurance Storiesabout a year ago in Fiction
The Final Card: Alice in Borderland Season 3’s Descent into the Joker’s Labyrinth
"Alice in borderline line season 3 upcoming " **Netflix’s record-breaking Japanese survival thriller returns for its most audacious and emotionally charged season yet, abandoning the manga’s roadmap to forge a terrifying new game.**
By Danyal Hashmiabout a year ago in Fiction
Endurance
There’s a particular shade of light in Shelly’s Pub, the kind that never shows up in photos, only in memory—liquid, dense, somewhere between amber and the last hour before sunset. The woodwork wears a patina of a hundred thousand spilled drinks and the bar stools tilt at odd, familiar angles, already half-mapped to the regulars’ hips. On a Thursday at half-past seven, the crowd is local: a few construction guys with cement still under their nails, a pack of grad students orbiting the trivia screen, and in the southeast corner, a round table commandeered by five women who look like they’ve come for a meeting but will not, under any circumstances, refer to it as such.
By Endurance Storiesabout a year ago in Fiction
Endurance
"Lenny’s Lanes" exists in the kind of suburban time warp where it is always ten years too late for irony and five years too soon for nostalgia. Every Tuesday is league night, but tonight it’s not. The oil-slicked lanes gleam under the migraine of fluorescent lights, and the aroma of scorched nacho cheese and gym-sock rental shoes hits you as soon as the automatic door shoves you inside. Pop music from two presidents ago pulses through speakers patched with masking tape, the volume set to “deafen children.” At the far end, a retirement-age man with two championship patches on his polo shirt throws a strike with balletic grace. His ball hits the pins with a sound like a car crash in miniature, but no one claps.
By Endurance Storiesabout a year ago in Fiction
Endurance
The Beeks residence in Kenilworth glows, as always, under the relentless discipline of maintenance crews and Melanie’s weekly conscription of neighborhood teens to pull weeds or touch up the trim. The white of the siding is so clean it hurts to look at in direct sunlight; the shutters a mathematically precise navy, not quite black, matching the flag that flies stoically beside the front door. Even the boxwoods flanking the porch are squared off at crisp right angles, daring the unkempt oaks of the neighbors’ lots to spill over with so much as a single leaf.
By Endurance Storiesabout a year ago in Fiction
*The Whispering Library*
In the quiet corner of a forgotten town stood a library older than memory. Its stone walls were veiled in ivy, its windows perpetually misted, as though the building breathed in secrets and exhaled silence. Most people passed it without a glance. Few dared to enter. But Amina did.
By meerjananabout a year ago in Fiction
Who's the real Monster?
Those words left me frozen in place. My mind raced with thoughts of denial; There's no way in Hell I heard that. If I have then I've finally lost it. Better get out now. The same voice spoke again to prevent me from leaving Follow me into the bathroom. Everything in me said run, yet I couldn't move.
By Lucy Torralbaabout a year ago in Fiction
A Brother or a Stranger?
Alex Johnson had just graduated from the University of Texas. During college, he ran a small but successful barbecue food truck on campus. His small but thriving business was able to cover his school expenses. His skill in grilling attracted so many customers, so much so that he was nicknamed "A-Grills" by his colleagues. Alex had grown up with his older cousin, Tony, who now lived in Houston. Growing up, they were inseparable. Tony always looked after his cousin; he would defend Alex whenever he was bullied at school. "You are my brother," he would say, "as such, it is my responsibility to ensure that no one dares to lay a finger on you" he would affirm. He would always share his snacks with Alex, though coming from a less financially buoyant family, Tony's presence in his life made it easier to navigate.
By Sam Clarkabout a year ago in Fiction
*The Clockmaker's Promise*
In a quiet town nestled between rolling hills and a slow-moving river, there stood a small shop with a crooked sign that read “Timeless Hands.” Inside, the air was warm and still, filled with the soft, steady rhythm of ticking clocks. Wall clocks, pocket watches, mantel clocks—they all chimed and clicked in quiet harmony, each keeping time in its own way.
By meerjananabout a year ago in Fiction
Operation Lassi Spill
It was one of those golden Punjabi afternoons—the kind where the sun hangs warm in the sky, the air smells of cardamom and fresh roti, and every lane in the village hums with celebration. A wedding was in full swing, the biggest the village had seen in years. Banners fluttered above the courtyard, children darted between guests with sticky fingers, and uncles danced with the kind of energy that defied their age.
By meerjananabout a year ago in Fiction
Wednesday Season 2
The smash-hit Netflix series *Wednesday* took the world by storm when it premiered in November 2022, blending dark humor, mystery, and supernatural elements into a fresh take on the Addams Family universe. With Jenna Ortega’s iconic portrayal of Wednesday Addams at the center, the show became one of Netflix’s most-watched series ever.
By Danyal Hashmiabout a year ago in Fiction