Farooq Hashmi
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- Storyteller, Love/Romance, Dark, Surrealism, Psychological, Nature, Mythical, Whimsical
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The Postcard Man
The Postcard Man When a lonely postman receives a letter no living soul should have written… Harold Linton had spent thirty-four years delivering other people’s words birthday wishes, overdue bills, postcards from places he had never seen. But since his wife, Eleanor, passed away two winters ago, the world had grown unbearably silent. His small cottage felt like a hallway that no longer led anywhere. Even the radio, once Eleanor’s constant companion, crackled now with an emptiness he couldn’t stand.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost in the Greenhouse
The Ghost in the Greenhouse When Science Meets the Supernatural, the Roots of Truth Run Deep Dr. Elara Voss had never believed in ghosts. A woman of science, she trusted in chlorophyll, carbon cycles, and the silent genius of photosynthesis. When she accepted the post at the Aurelia Conservatory a sprawling tropical greenhouse built deep within the Amazon basin she thought it would be a quiet retreat from the noise of academia. A sanctuary where she could study rare, endangered flora without the politics of funding or the interruptions of city life.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Fiction
When Stars Forget to Shine
When Stars Forget to Shine When the Universe Starts Counting Our Lives in Light Dr. Aanya Mehra had always believed the universe was a grand equation complex, beautiful, but ultimately explainable. As one of India’s leading astrophysicists, she spent her nights at the Himalayan Sky Observatory, where the stars felt close enough to touch. But on a cold November night, as she stared into the velvet dark, she saw something that defied science.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Fiction
The Child Who Painted Time
In a forgotten corner of an aging orphanage near Prague, a quiet ten-year-old girl named Elara Vance spent her days painting. She spoke little, but her art spoke for her vibrant, surreal, and hauntingly precise. The caretakers thought her gift was simply the result of too many nights spent alone with her imagination. That was until one morning, she painted a fire that hadn’t yet happened.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Art
Over the Counter Nasal Spray Shows Promising Results Against COVID-19 and Cold Infections
A new phase 2 clinical trial suggests that a widely available over-the-counter nasal spray typically used for allergies could offer a meaningful reduction in infection risk for both COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. The antihistamine nasal spray azelastine demonstrated a significantly lower incidence of PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections (the virus responsible for COVID-19), as well as fewer cases of common-cold-causing rhinovirus, compared with placebo.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Lifehack
Early Natural Menopause and the 27% Hidden Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
The transition into menopause is a significant milestone in a woman’s life, often accompanied by hot flashes, mood changes, and sleep disturbances. But emerging evidence suggests that if menopause occurs earlier than average, it may carry an additional, less visible risk: a greater likelihood of developing the cluster of conditions known as Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Recent studies indicate that women who experience natural menopause at an earlier age face an elevated risk of cardiometabolic disorders a topic that demands attention from both patients and clinicians.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Longevity
The Silent Village
The Silent Village When Silence Speaks Louder Than the Dead The road to Edevan was quiet too quiet for a place that once echoed with children’s laughter, church bells, and market chatter. Now, the village stood in an eerie hush, its houses shrouded in fog and its people moving like ghosts. No voices, no greetings, not even the sound of prayer.
By Farooq Hashmi5 months ago in Fiction
The Last Library on EarthThe Last Library on Earth
The year was 2197, and the world no longer read books. Words no longer lived on paper, bound between covers that smelled faintly of dust and time. They lived in data streams cold, sterile, and owned by one corporation: Infinitum. Every idea, every story, every scrap of recorded knowledge flowed through its servers. What people read, what they learned, even what they remembered all filtered, approved, and sold back to them in digital form.
By Farooq Hashmi6 months ago in Fiction
The Forgotten Soldier. AI-Generated.
The train screeched to a halt, its brakes screaming like wounded metal. Among the passengers stepping out was a man in a faded military jacket, the insignia half-torn, the name patch unreadable. His eyes carried the weight of years he could no longer measure Captain Aaron Hale had returned home. Or at least, he thought he had.
By Farooq Hashmi6 months ago in Fiction
Rain That Never Ends
It had been raining for five years. Not a day, not an hour of silence from the sky. The people of Maravelle had long stopped waiting for the sun. The old roads were rivers now, and the hills were islands. Children learned to swim before they learned to walk. Markets floated on barrels and bamboo rafts, schools drifted in circles tethered to the remains of clock towers, and crops grew in hanging gardens on rooftops.
By Farooq Hashmi6 months ago in Fiction
Apple’s M5-Powered MacBook Pro Ushers in a New Era of On-Device AI
How Apple’s New M5-Powered 14-Inch MacBook Pro Is Redefining On-Device AI Productivity A silent revolution in personal computing is unfolding one where artificial intelligence no longer lives in the cloud, but right inside your laptop.
By Farooq Hashmi6 months ago in 01
