Biography

The Clock Tower That Counted Backward
The town of Greymount revolved — literally — around its clock tower. The gears powered the mills, the bells marked the workday, and its ticking was the heartbeat of the town.
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The Woman Who Sold Reflections
In an antique shop hidden behind a church in Prague, there’s a woman who deals in reflections. Not mirrors — reflections.
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The Lighthouse That Forgot the Sea
When the sea receded from the coast of Darnmouth, it left the old lighthouse standing alone on dry, cracked earth. No one visited it anymore, except for Elias, the last keeper. He refused to leave.
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The Portrait That Grew Older
In a Parisian flea market, art student Claire found a cracked mirror framed in gilt and paint flakes. When she looked in it, she didn’t see her reflection — she saw a painted version of herself, faint and unfinished.
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The Radio That Broadcast Tomorrow
A hobbyist radio operator named Martin Graves loved old frequencies — the ones abandoned since the Cold War. One night, while scanning static, he caught a broadcast labeled “Station Tomorrow.”
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The House That Built Itself
In a London suburb, a couple bought an old townhouse said to “grow.” At first, it was a joke — a new cupboard here, a hidden stair there. But soon, full rooms appeared overnight — furnished, dusted, and filled with personal belongings that didn’t exist the day before.
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The Man Who Mistook His Reflection for a Stranger
Harold Denton, a retired professor, began noticing something strange in the mirror — his reflection blinked too slowly. Then one morning, it smiled on its own.
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The Town That Skipped a Day
In 1987, the small town of Varnor, Maine, woke to find that the date had jumped from June 11th to June 13th overnight. Newspapers, watches, even wall calendars skipped ahead.
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The Candle That Burned Time
In a Paris flea market, a small shopkeeper sold candles that supposedly “borrowed time.” Each hour it burned gave the buyer one more day of life — taken from someone else.
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The Man Who Sold Death by the Bottle
In 1924, a traveling salesman appeared in small towns across America, carrying only a black suitcase and a sign: “Guaranteed: One Death You Deserve.”
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The Mirror in Room 313
Guests at the Hotel Aurelia avoided Room 313. The mirror there didn’t reflect the present. It showed your life as it could have been — every decision undone, every dream realized.
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The Clock That Waited for Midnight
In a quiet European village, there stood a clock tower that never struck twelve. No matter the season or century, it always stopped one minute before midnight. The townspeople called it a superstition, until a historian restored it — and forced it to chime.
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