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A Memory
With her spectacles pinching the bridge of her nose, eighty-year-old Mary was swaying on her rocking chair as she carefully knitted a...
Umaima Ahmed
Apr 1, 20213 min read

Spooky Stories: IMPOSTER
It’s October 30th, 2020. I have been looking forward to this day. Not just because it’s Halloween, but also because it would be the first...
Rejoice Onyenagubo
Feb 25, 20212 min read

Spooky Stories: Drowning with “Deedam”
I went to a boarding school nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in Northern Pakistan. Located on 100 acres of rolling grounds,...
Shaheer Liaqat
Feb 25, 20213 min read

Spooky Stories: The Bride of Dolmen Street
It was just a normal day, a day like any other in the life of Taimur. Having already clocked in another long day at the office, it was...
Anonymous
Feb 25, 20213 min read


A Cursed Blessing
I was born different- you might assume that this might make me unique but unfortunately, it has made me cursed. There is nothing exciting...
Nada Elgohini
Dec 10, 20204 min read

Door 4: Undecided
Once again, I found myself in the great big labyrinthine hall, surrounded by various routes and possible destinations. From where I was...
Anonymous
Dec 7, 20203 min read


The Traveller
Once upon a time, in a great, lively town, there lived a young man who could tell the future. This power of his had its limitations,...
Nal. O
Dec 7, 20207 min read


From Joy to Agony
As Zehra lay on the bed observing the lofty fan rotating on the flat wooden ceiling, she waited patiently for the clock to strike...
Umaima Ahmed
Dec 6, 20204 min read


By The Shore
She finally caught a two-second glimpse of it before the car swirled into the rocky mountain tunnel. Counting every second, minute, and...
Umaima Ahmed
Nov 1, 20203 min read

Door 3: Unearthing Castle Dracula
I left them sitting silently, locked in each other’s embrace, content with the closeness after being separated for so long. This was the...
Anonymous
Nov 1, 20203 min read


Meeting the Me of the Future: Milkshake in a Cafe
The cafe’s cozy, picturesque decorations put the young girl at ease. The wooden paneling and fireplace crackling to the left of the...
Nal. O
Apr 13, 20205 min read


If I Meet My Past Self
She checks her makeup one more time in her wardrobe mirror and smooths down her skirt. It doesn’t look that great, she sighs to herself....
Nal. O
Mar 12, 20206 min read
When I Met My Future Self
She sat across from her future self and tried to maintain eye contact but was in so much awe that it was an arduous task to not break it....
thegazette71
Feb 19, 20205 min read
I Learned to Draw Boundaries for Friendship at Georgetown, and You Should Too
There is something about coming to college that changed how I view friendships. Perhaps it’s the fact that we are learning so much about...
thegazette71
Feb 19, 20204 min read


Door 1 – Part 2: An extended ending to Wuthering Heights
My forward journey led me to Wuthering Heights; a colossal mansion that is haunted by the contingencies of “what could have been” (T.S...
Anonymous
Feb 19, 20202 min read
The Other World: Door 1 – An unmasked mystery
Ahead is a stretch of land; a road reaching to infinity. It is a hazy path leading to an obscure future, and my feet tread slowly,...
thegazette71
Jan 20, 20202 min read


From One of Us – One of Your Happiest Memories
It’s not uncommon to feel that we are alone in our experiences: our happy memories or the times when life seemed to be mocking us. But...
Nal. O
Jan 19, 20206 min read


From One of Us: A Childhood Memory
It’s not uncommon to feel that we are alone in our experiences: our happy memories or the times when life seemed to be mocking us. But...
thegazette71
Nov 13, 20197 min read


The Other World: An Alternate Reality from which we Live
Clouds swirled around me like a cloak of feathers, engulfing my being into a protected cocoon and elevating me to the distant sky where a...
Anonymous
Nov 13, 20192 min read


Bitter
Ameni Abida On my good days, I’m filled with love. On my bad days, I’m like coco powder. Bitter. I start hating the world around me....
thegazette71
Dec 17, 20182 min read
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