Power did not follow bloodlines. It arrived like a secret storm -random, merciless, and indifferent. Most children awakened to it between 13 and 14: a sudden levitation, an object shattering mid-air, a shadow bending against the light. Some could summon…
The forest pulsed with life. The canopy swayed to the rhythm of the wind, playing games of light and shadow with the sun. Birds sang in melodies never quite the same, their notes woven with the rustling of leaves. Canopies…
She hadn’t eaten in three days. The air in her room was stale, thick with the smell of unwashed sheets and perfume she no longer wore. Her pillow was still wet from all the tears she’d cried. Her phone was…
The room was cold. The stinging smell of bleach clung to the absence of blood on the floor, the scene scrubbed clean. But the chill came from something else. Something wrong. Detective Eva Jaw pulled on her gloves, crouched next…
Kevalina had laughed when she signed the terms and conditions. “You may be asked to make a choice.” What kind of weird clause was that for a clothing store receipt? Still, the dress was too perfect to pass up. An…
The company behind it all was CryoGenesis; selling the promise of rebirth through cryo-freezing. Many chose to sleep through time, hoping that the future would heal them, offer cures to incurable illnesses, or bring about a kinder world. Instead, they…