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7 stories
What the River Keeps
What the River KeepsNoor Fatima · Poetry · English · Completed

Forty short poems about the Ravi, a grandmother’s hands, and learning what water forgives.

142K reads · 19K votes · 40 parts · 7 min · ★ 4.9
Notes to a Younger Me
Notes to a Younger MeHira Batool · Poetry · English · Completed

Twelve small letters to the girl who thought she had to be loud to be heard.

39K reads · 6.2K votes · 12 parts · 2 min · ★ 4.7
Monsoon Letters
Monsoon LettersHamza Ali · Poetry · Urdu · Ongoing

Ghazals written on the backs of train tickets, one for every monsoon he spent away from home.

97K reads · 12K votes · 9 parts · 1 min · ★ 4.8
Nine Doors Down
Nine Doors DownTomas Hale · Thriller · English · Ongoing

Every tenant on the ninth floor has a key to 9C. Only one of them used it the night Mrs. Aldana vanished.

488K reads · 31K votes · 22 parts · 23 min · ★ 4.6
Midnight in Karachi
Midnight in KarachiRafay Ahmed · Thriller · English · Ongoing

A rickshaw driver, a missing briefcase, and one very long night along the Sea View road.

3.2K reads · 210 votes · 3 parts · 3 min · ★ 4.1
The Last Bus to Murree
The Last Bus to MurreeKamran Siddiqui · Thriller · English · Completed

Eleven passengers board the midnight bus. Twelve get off.

54K reads · 5.1K votes · 1 parts · 2 min · ★ 4.5
Small Rains
Small RainsAabnoor Rashid · Poetry · English · Completed

Short poems for the first week of monsoon, one for each of the city’s gates.

7.4K reads · 980 votes · 13 parts · 1 min · ★ 4.7