In a world almost too perfect to be real, where machines ruled the road and error had become a myth, there lived a man still clinging to human flaws. A man who sold protection for a danger no one believed in anymore. This is his story—of desperation, of quiet rebellion, and of the consequences of …
short sci-fi story
The Silence Beyond the Dunes
The Silence Beyond the Dunes. When she opened her eyes, the sky was not blue.
It was a deep, swirling violet, streaked with crimson winds that whispered through an atmosphere too thin to hear. The sand beneath her body pulsed faintly with a rhythm like a slow heartbeat. She sat up slowly, her skin covered in a fine dust that shimmered in unnatural hues. There was no memory of how she had arrived. No ship. No wreckage…