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Divided by Flags, United in Grief
Divided by Flags, United in Grief The soldier stood in silence, clutching his rifle as the Ukrainian flag flapped behind him in the wind, its colors stained by smoke. His eyes weren’t on the rubble or the drone overhead. They were lost—fixed on a memory he couldn’t outrun. His home in Kharkiv, now a crater. His wife and daughter, now only photos folded into his vest pocket.
By Wings of Time 7 months ago in Criminal
The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam: Suicide, Accident, or Something Darker ?. Content Warning.
Who Was Elisa Lam? Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Bright, curious, and introspective, she shared her thoughts and emotions through a personal blog. On it, she openly discussed her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression, seeking connection and self-expression.
By Angelina Reen7 months ago in Criminal
The Mastermind Games: Season 01 Episode 02
Theme: Truth Is a Weapon Darkness swallowed Clara and Julien as the corridor sealed behind them. For a moment, there was only silence—until a faint hum rose beneath their feet. The floor shifted again, gliding like a magnetic rail through a hidden tunnel.
By Engr. Mansoor Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
The Girl Who Vanished at Midnight
On a cold November night in 2012, 17-year-old Emily Carter walked out of her bedroom window and was never seen again. Her disappearance shook the quiet town of Willow Creek to its core. With only 3,000 residents and a crime rate so low the local paper rarely mentioned arrests, nothing prepared the town—or Emily’s family—for the nightmare that would follow.
By Solene Hart7 months ago in Criminal
The Paris Illusion – Season 3, Part 2. AI-Generated.
I didn’t sleep that night. I sat in the corner of my apartment, phone in one hand, knife in the other, the message glowing like a threat in my palm—Marienne, tied up. Choose. It was the kind of choice I thought I’d never face again. Not after Love. Not after Henry. I had tried to bury Joe Goldberg, but someone had unearthed him and was dangling his crimes over the only pure thing I ever loved.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
The Paris Illusion – Season 3, Part 1. AI-Generated.
Paris was never supposed to be home. It was a hiding place, a graveyard for the man I used to be. Joe Goldberg died in a fire, and from his ashes, Jonathan Moore was born—a quiet, grieving father, alone in a city of love. I didn’t come here for art or beauty. I came for her. Marienne.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
Our Love Story Ends in Blood – Season 2, Part 2. AI-Generated.
Her words lingered in the air like smoke—“I’m pregnant.” I should have felt joy, hope, a new beginning. But all I felt was fear. Not the kind that sends you running, but the kind that roots deep inside your chest and grows like rot. Love was having my child. Love, the woman who slit Candace’s throat. Love, who saw the worst in me and didn’t flinch—because she had her own.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
The Bakery and the Burial – Season 2, Part 1. AI-Generated.
I buried Beck beneath poetry and hardwood, but her voice still echoed in the spaces between my ribs. New York became a cage of whispers—her laugh on the stairs, the sound of the bookstore bell, the scent of her shampoo on strangers passing me in the street. So I ran. West. To Los Angeles. The land of smoothies, sunsets, and souls that smiled too wide. I chose a name—Will Bettelheim. Not mine, but fitting. The real Will? He’s alive, just very…quiet now. Locked away. Safe.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
The Woman in the Cage – Season 1, Part 2. AI-Generated.
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is a lie. It started slipping the moment Beck started noticing things she wasn’t meant to. She still smiled at me like I was her safe place, but her eyes grew restless. Maybe it was the way Peach’s death haunted her, or the way Dr. Nicky’s voice started sounding more comforting than mine. Maybe it was the book she couldn’t finish, or the truths she didn’t want to admit—that the world she lived in, the people she trusted, were disappearing. I tried to hold her tighter. But Beck was beginning to pull away, and when people pull away from me, I pull harder.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
Hello, You – Season 1, Part 1. AI-Generated.
The bell above the bookstore door chimed—a soft, ordinary sound that meant nothing to anyone but him. But when she walked in, that chime might as well have been a thunderclap. She moved like a question he didn’t know he’d been waiting to answer. Her hair loose, sweater oversized, and fingers running along the spines of poetry like she already belonged to them. Her name was Guinevere Beck, but she introduced herself as just Beck. And with that, everything changed.
By Rashid Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
The Mastermind Games : Season 01 Episode 01
Theme: The Game Begins It was a quiet morning in Paris, yet scattered across the city, twelve individuals received the same item—an elegant black envelope sealed with a wax stamp depicting an unfamiliar crest: a key within an eye.
By Engr. Mansoor Ahmad7 months ago in Criminal
Whispers in the Dark
The rain fell like a curtain, drenching the sleepy town of Ravenwood in a cold, relentless downpour. Streetlights flickered, casting long shadows on the deserted streets. In the heart of the town stood the Marrow House — a decaying Victorian relic, its windows shattered and doors hanging ajar like yawning mouths of warning. Everyone avoided it. Everyone but Emily Harper.
By Emma Walker7 months ago in Criminal
