Category: stories
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Once there was a puppet.
The puppet had no strings, but he was able to move around like a normal person. “How is this possible?” wondered the doll maker. “I don’t know. I can just move, talk, and dance without you, oh master,” he said gleefully. The master, who had worked so hard on the puppet, was confused about how…
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The Other Side of the Sea
Rima was the kind of person who made friends easily. She was lively, carefree, and always seemed to have someone around her. College suited her. She enjoyed spending time with her friends, but she was also serious about her studies. She attended her classes, took careful notes, and usually knew when an assignment was due…
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Abby and the City
Meet Abby. Abby was a free-spirited, bright, and jovial girl who lived with her grandmother in a small village near the sea. Although Abby herself was energetic, she found the village too small and boring. Everyone knew everyone else, and they went about their daily lives happily and routinely. Abby would rather have been with…
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Defect/Bug
Being a QA wiz with over 20 years of experience, I’ve started to see how defects and bugs show up in real life. I am trying to write about defects, but the only thing I can think about is how I don’t know the difference between a defect and a bug. Should I look it…
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Imagination
Ten years — 22.2% of my life of forty-five years — was spent trying to figure my life out after the first time I had psychosis. These ten years have been grueling. Nothing seemed to go well, at least according to my mind. Even though I know there were many things that went well, many…
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The Black Cat on the Lotus Leaf
On restlessness, and what happens when you stop fighting it. — Some mornings begin in the loop. You know the one. You wake up, the mind is already running, and before you’ve had a chance to breathe, you’re watching yourself watch yourself — aware of the restlessness, aware of the awareness, going in circles. This…
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Arthur Hale — Departure
The wind on the Newark tarmac carried the smell of salt and fuel, a mixture of the ocean and the machine. Floodlights cut through the dawn’s half-light, turning the mist into ghosts. Arthur Hale adjusted the collar of his uniform, fingers brushing the insignia that had followed him through war, peace, and now—whatever this was.…
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The Luminous
PROLOGUE Year: 2040 A.D.Mission Log: LuminousCommander Arthur Hale There is a strange silence in the upper atmosphere — the kind that follows a collective breath held too long.Earth is shrinking below us, a restless jewel wrapped in clouds and contradictions. It is beautiful from this height, heartbreakingly so. You can’t see the hunger from here.…
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What Makes Life Extraordinary?
What does it mean to live an extraordinary life? Is it simply the opposite of ordinary—breaking free from the 9-to-5 routine, transcending the daily grind of survival and providing for family? Or is it something deeper—an imagination where we’re no longer confined by society’s expectations and limitations? Beyond Basic Survival In my vision of an…
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The Courage to Learn: Lessons from Failure
Felina always thought she was decent at her job—reliable, consistent, and capable of delivering results on time. When her manager asked her to join a new AI/ML team, she felt both honored and excited. After all, Artificial Intelligence was the frontier of innovation, and this opportunity could be career-defining. But there was one catch—Felina knew…
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If I Were a Tree
If I were a tree,I would stand stilland observe the world. I would breathe in opposite of man in the morning,while resting like man at night. Truly, a wonder how I support a manto continue living on this planet that we both cherish. I would watch as my leaves bloom in spring, summer,change colors in…
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The Colorful Oracle
Maya wiped sweat from her brow as she sorted through the dusty boxes in her uncle’s attic. That’s when she spotted it—a spherical object wrapped in faded velvet. “What even is all this junk?” she muttered, unwrapping a perfectly round crystal ball. Maya shook it, expecting snow globe action. Nothing. “Is this from Crystal Maze?”…
