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Door of Secrets
I knew the moment I touched the handle that I wasn’t supposed to open that door. The hallway was silent. Too silent. The old house had many rooms, but this door was different from the others. It stood at the very end of the corridor, hidden behind a faded curtain like something the house itself was trying to forget.
By imtiazalamabout 9 hours ago in Fiction
Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids
For more than four thousand years, they have stood in silence. Rising from the desert sands, massive stone mountains shaped by human hands continue to challenge modern science. Travelers stare at them in disbelief, historians debate their secrets, and archaeologists still uncover new mysteries hidden inside.
By imtiazalama day ago in History
Don’t Let Me Fall in Love With You
I knew I would lose you the moment I started praying for you. Love didn’t arrive like a storm. It came quietly — in the way your name felt softer on my lips, in the way the world seemed calmer when you stood beside me. And that is what terrified me most. Because the most dangerous loves are not the loud ones… they are the ones that feel like home.
By imtiazalama day ago in Fiction
The Gardens of Eternity
I closed my eyes and let my heart drift into a place I had never seen but always longed for. The weight of this world — the pain, the loss, the endless nights of sorrow — seemed to vanish with every breath. Somewhere beyond the clouds, beyond time itself, lay a place the Quran calls Jannah, the ultimate abode of peace, beauty, and eternal joy. And in that fleeting moment, I could almost feel it.
By imtiazalama day ago in Fiction
Saltwater and Ashes
Sometimes the sea holds what we cannot. The sea was quiet enough to take me. Not violently. Not in a dramatic, thrashing way. Just quietly — the way grief does. I floated on my back, my ears softened by water, my eyes fixed on the wide, indifferent sky. Birds skimmed low across the surface, their wings almost brushing my face. I was only moments from shore — from my husband, from my boys, from my life. I could have stood up easily. The water was not that deep.
By imtiazalama day ago in Humans
Courage of the Heart
Calvin’s grandmother had always called his ability to see the future a “gift from the heart,” something passed down through her family. To Calvin, it felt more like a burden. People either feared him or relied on him too much. He couldn’t enjoy simple friendships without someone eventually asking about their destiny.
By imtiazalam2 days ago in Humans
Secrets of the Devil’s Waters
The first time the Bermuda Triangle revealed its secrets, it wasn’t with flashing lights or monstrous waves—it whispered. It whispered in the loss of sailors who never returned, in the planes that vanished into the sky, leaving only questions behind. It began quietly, in the early 20th century, when the ocean around Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico earned a reputation not for storms or sharks, but for mysteries too strange to name.
By imtiazalam2 days ago in History
A New Sunrise
I didn’t expect to find a sunrise waiting for me.” Maggie Shepard heard her phone ringing as she stepped through the front door. Ignoring it—and the blinking message light—she put away her groceries and headed straight for the soaker tub. After a brutal workweek, she needed silence, steam, and rose-scented water to wash the tension away. More than anything, she wanted a weekend alone. No interruptions. No calls. No memories.
By imtiazalam2 days ago in Humans
French Love Letters
By Stephen McClure On a crisp October afternoon, I was sitting on a bench beside the pond in Zenpukuji Park, admiring the gold and crimson leaves shimmering against a blue sky. The water reflected autumn like a moving tapestry. I sipped canned coffee and breathed in the cool air.
By imtiazalam2 days ago in Humans
