Short Story
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In the Space Between
In a world where even the firmest ground trembles, we reach for something that will not vanish in the dark. These haikus are the whispers of longing—quiet, fragile hopes that the silence will hold, and the shifting winds will finally rest, if only for a moment. Continue reading
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San Francisco Part II: Altitude and Indifference
From a plane an hour north of San Francisco, I glimpsed a snow-capped mountain, its indifferent grandeur a stark reminder of nature’s scale versus our fleeting lives. This brief encounter, while devoid of grand epiphanies, underscored the vast, uncaring universe and our small, frantic existence within it. Nice. Continue reading
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Shayan Afzal 