Finale

In the quaint village of Solitude, nestled among ancient oaks, lived an elderly librarian named Eamon. His days were woven with the delicate threads of books—their whispers, their secrets. Eamon revelled in the vicissitudes of fortune that each volume held. One day, a rare manuscript surfaced—a map to a hidden library beyond the moon’s reach. … Continue reading Finale

Capricious capers on Baba Vanga’s predictions

I came across a couple of 2024 predictions by Baba Vanga, a renowned Bulgarian mystic and clairvoyant. After reading your prompt, the one that caught my attention was a famine due to an overpopulated planet bursting at the seams. It is a possible resource crunch after having mindlessly squandered away precious resources. But is it … Continue reading Capricious capers on Baba Vanga’s predictions

Limitations

The train clattered along the tracks… She tried to decipher the sound but only inserted words into the clickety-clack. We fool ourselves by saying that the universe sends us messages. With the multiple blocks we carry lifelong, we let in only the messages that fit in with our preconceived notions. Will the mind ever open … Continue reading Limitations

Light’s Eternal Dance

Light, after a brief pause, makes itself known,Welcomed as dawn—a fresh beginningBut what if it were ever-present, never gone?Endless light, no night—a perpetual day.Imagine Earth bathed in unending brights,No sinking sun behind the horizon’s flow.Blackout curtains would be our daily woe,We celebrate the Sun’s inadequacy, you know. Moon and stars, invisible to our sight,Claim omnipresence … Continue reading Light’s Eternal Dance