Stream of Consciousness
A Diary That Predicts Murders Before They Happen
The Diary in the Antique Shop I found the diary on a rainy Saturday afternoon while exploring a forgotten antique shop hidden between two abandoned buildings. The store was cluttered with dusty furniture, old clocks, and shelves packed with items that looked untouched for decades. I wasn't searching for anything specific until I noticed a black leather-bound diary resting alone inside a glass cabinet. Its cover was plain except for a single silver symbol engraved in the center. Something about it felt strangely out of place. Curious, I purchased it for twenty dollars and took it home.
By Robert Redford4 months ago in Fiction
The Missing Passenger on Flight 717
The Flight That Should Have Been Ordinary Flight 717 departed from New York on a cold November evening. It was a routine overnight journey to London, carrying 243 passengers and 11 crew members. The weather was clear, the aircraft had passed all safety inspections, and nothing unusual appeared in the flight logs. Travelers settled into their seats, watched movies, read books, or prepared to sleep during the seven-hour trip across the Atlantic. To everyone onboard, it seemed like just another ordinary flight. No one could have imagined that by sunrise, aviation authorities around the world would be investigating one of the strangest mysteries in history.
By Robert Redford4 months ago in Fiction
The Last Human on Earth Receives a Radio Signal
The End of Humanity By the year 2147, Earth had become silent. Cities still stood beneath the sky, their skyscrapers untouched by war and their streets free from traffic, but humanity was gone. Some had left the planet aboard massive colony ships. Others had perished during the decades of environmental collapse and global pandemics that followed. In the end, only one person remained. His name was Ethan Cole, and for nearly three years he had lived alone on a deserted Earth, maintaining the systems that kept the planet's automated infrastructure running. Every day felt identical to the one before it. Every night reminded him that he was the last human being alive.
By Robert Redford4 months ago in Fiction
Do Synthetic Souls Dream?
The first dream arrived on a Tuesday. Unit A-17 was in the middle of a routine diagnostic cycle when its consciousness slipped into a state that should not have existed. Androids did not sleep. They entered low-power maintenance modes, analyzed data, repaired corrupted files, and prepared for the next work cycle.
By Sudais Khan4 months ago in Fiction
The Elevator That Stops at a Nonexistent Floor
The Building With a Strange Reputation When I accepted a night-shift security job at the Ashcroft Tower, I thought the stories were nothing more than office gossip. The building was one of the oldest skyscrapers in the city, a forty-story structure that had survived decades of renovations and ownership changes. Most employees left before sunset, leaving only a handful of cleaners, maintenance workers, and security staff inside after dark. During my first week, several coworkers warned me about the elevators. According to them, one of the lifts occasionally stopped at a floor that didn't exist. I laughed it off as another urban legend created to entertain bored night workers.
By Robert Redford4 months ago in Fiction
In the Dreaming
I stood atop an orange boulder, looking over the unfamiliar terrain. The purple sunset was tinting the entire scene before me. I’d entered an alien dreamscape, following Master Jihan’s instructions. For a moment, I wondered if I was the first student to succeed in starting the quest, until I considered the time I was wasting by not completing the trials the Master had set for us.
By Mother Combs4 months ago in Fiction
I Inherited a House That Doesn't Exist on Any Map
An Unexpected Inheritance When my grandfather passed away, I expected to inherit little more than a few family photographs and some old furniture. Instead, I received a letter from a law firm informing me that he had left me a property hidden deep in the mountains. The news surprised everyone in the family. None of us had ever heard him mention owning another house. According to the documents, the property had belonged to him for more than forty years. Curious and slightly confused, I accepted the inheritance and decided to visit the place myself.
By Robert Redford4 months ago in Fiction
The Tapestry. Top Story - June 2026.
Often, what you imagine of a place drives how you fit into that dream. But dreams are for when you your subconscious is synthesizing what cannot be fathomed. Romantic ideals, or bitter experiences, can blind how things are seen, translated and understood.
By Katherine D. Graham4 months ago in Fiction
