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Hello, everyone. It’s nice to meet you. My name is Stephanie Borges. I am a new Author. I wish to introduce myself. I just got my very first book published, thanks to the company's help, Iflow Creative. I will talk about my first book and what it’s about, but first, me.
By stephanie borgesabout a year ago in Writers
The Silent Scream
I always smiled. People said I was the kind of person who lit up a room. And perhaps I did. But what no one ever saw was the dimness that followed me home, like a shadow that had lost its light. I wasn’t always like this. There was a time when my laughter was real and my days were full of color. But then — slowly, silently — something inside me began to change. It started with small things: forgetting to return calls, avoiding friends, skipping meals. I told myself I was just tired. That life was overwhelming, but manageable. I was wrong. There’s a kind of pain that doesn’t scream. It doesn’t tear at your skin or leave visible wounds. It sits quietly in your chest, like a cold stone that grows heavier with each breath. No one sees it. No one hears it. But it’s there — always there. That was my reality. A silent scream echoing inside my mind. I went through my days like a ghost. I woke up, I functioned, I smiled. I gave advice to others, laughed at their jokes, celebrated their joys. I was a master of pretense. No one suspected that each night, I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering if I was losing my mind. What hurt the most was the guilt. I had a roof over my head, food on my plate, people who loved me. What right did I have to feel this emptiness? This nothingness? I felt ungrateful, ashamed, weak. But depression — I would learn — doesn’t ask for permission. It creeps in when the door is left ajar, even slightly. And it builds a home in silence. One evening, I sat at my desk, a notebook open in front of me. I hadn’t written in years. The pen trembled in my hand. I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t know what I wanted to say. And then, without planning to, I wrote: > “I’m drowning. And no one can see the water.” I stared at the words. They didn’t look poetic. They looked like me. Raw. Unfiltered. For the first time in months, I felt something real. It wasn’t joy, but it was something — a flicker of honesty in the darkness. So I wrote again. And again. Each night, I emptied pieces of myself onto the page. I wrote about the fear, the numbness, the guilt. I wrote about the pressure to be okay. The pain of pretending. I wrote as if my life depended on it — and maybe, in some way, it did. Writing didn’t cure me. But it became a mirror. It showed me things I was too afraid to face in daylight. It reminded me that I was still here, still breathing, still capable of expression — even if it was only on paper. Slowly, I started to talk to others. Carefully. Cautiously. I told a close friend, then another. I saw a therapist. I learned words like “anxiety” and “clinical depression.” I learned that I wasn’t weak. I wasn’t ungrateful. I was human. There were setbacks. Days when I couldn’t get out of bed. Nights when I questioned every step forward. But the scream inside me? It grew quieter. Not because it vanished, but because I finally gave it a voice. One day, months later, a friend texted me: > “You always seem so put-together. How do you stay so strong?” I stared at the message for a long time. And then I smiled — not the practiced one, but a real, quiet smile. I replied: > “By falling apart. And slowly putting myself back together.” Reflections: This story isn’t just mine. It belongs to everyone who has ever felt lost in their own mind. Everyone who has battled demons invisible to the world. Everyone who has screamed in silence. Mental health isn’t a trend. It’s not a hashtag. It’s a reality. And the more we talk about it, the more we write about it, the less alone we become. So here’s to the ones who are still screaming silently. May you find your voice. May you write your way home.
By Muhammad Ali about a year ago in Writers
It is about finding the joy in little things
You know those moments that light you up like a forestfire, the circumstances, people, entities, stories, words or notions that trigger something in you. That makes you act differently, to approach your life differently, to stride a different walk or embrace a new mindset. These are often quite moments that we think are insignificant, but are in reality monumental transgressions of metamorphosis, where everything changes, but also nothing changes.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Writers
Echoes for the Departed
Detective Rehan Shah stood in the candlelit room, staring at the lifeless body of Professor Adil Murtaza. A respected academic, known for his work on memory and trauma. And now, the third victim in a series of killings that had the entire city gripped with fear. As with the others, there was no sign of forced entry. No defensive wounds. Just a body laid out with unsettling care — and a handwritten note. Rehan read it aloud: “You said some memories should stay buried. I guess this one didn’t.” Zara, his partner, stood beside him, arms crossed. “It’s like the killer isn’t talking to us. He’s talking to them. After they’re dead.” Rehan nodded. “He wants them to hear him... even if it’s too late.” Each of the three victims had one thing in common: they were influential in their own fields — a judge, a journalist, and now a professor. But beyond their careers, no connection was immediately clear. Each murder scene, however, included a note that hinted at a shared past. The judge’s said: “You ruled over truth, but silence was your verdict.” The journalist’s: “You printed lies, but forgot who bled for them.” Rehan pinned the notes to a corkboard in his office, staring at the words until the lines blurred. They weren’t just messages. They were accusations. Emotional, bitter, personal. It was as if the killer wasn’t seeking justice — he was seeking to be remembered. Zara dug deeper. She found a long-forgotten case from twelve years ago involving a young boy named Sameer Raza, who had accused a group of respected adults of abuse and manipulation at an elite boarding school. The case had been dismissed. The records were sealed. The boy had vanished. Forgotten. Rehan whispered the name aloud. “Sameer...” Could it be? Could Sameer be back? Before he could say more, a fourth murder rocked the city. This time, it was a defense attorney — one who had worked on the dismissed case. The note beside his body was longer: “You told them I was confused. You said I imagined it. But you knew. You all knew.” The pieces began to fit. The killer was Sameer — or someone close to him — targeting the people who had betrayed him, silenced him, discredited him. And each message was written as if speaking directly to the victims, reminding them of what they did. A final reckoning they couldn’t escape, even in death. Rehan and Zara went public with their theory, appealing to Sameer — if he was watching — to come forward. To talk. Instead, Rehan received a note. This time, not left at a crime scene, but hand-delivered to his desk. “You were at the academy once. You heard me. But you walked away.” His hands trembled. A memory, long buried, surfaced. He had met Sameer once, during a school visit. The boy had tried to speak to him. But Rehan, young and unsure, had brushed him off — assuming it was a student prank. He hadn’t remembered… until now. The next morning, Zara was gone. Her apartment door was unlocked. No signs of struggle. A note sat on her kitchen table: “She tried to help you forget. That’s enough betrayal for one life.” Rehan’s heart shattered. Not just from grief — but guilt. This wasn’t just a case anymore. It was a mirror. And he was part of the reflection. He returned to the academy — now abandoned. In the old library, he found Sameer waiting. Older now. Pale. Eyes heavy with years of pain. “You came,” Sameer said. “I should have come years ago,” Rehan replied quietly. Sameer held out one last note. Rehan took it with shaking fingers. “Forgiveness isn’t for the dead. It’s for the ones who failed to listen.” “I’m sorry,” Rehan whispered. Sameer nodded. “I believe you.” And then he was gone. He turned himself in that night. At the trial, Rehan testified. About the case. The silence. His own cowardice. He lost his badge but found something far more important — truth. Sameer was sentenced, but the world finally heard his story. The notes had done what they were meant to: not to taunt, not to terrify — but to speak for the child who had been ignored, abandoned, forgotten. And in the end, that voice — however late — was finally heard.
By Muhammad Ali about a year ago in Writers
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The Scary Cow and the Smart Girl
Once upon a time, in the quiet village of Willowmere, surrounded by whispering woods and misty meadows, there lived a girl named Lila. She was twelve years old, curious beyond her years, and always seen with a book in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other. Her mind worked like a clock — always ticking, always observing.
By Storytellerabout a year ago in Writers
