List: Fragile Shards | Curated by Tim Nakhapetov

Feb 29, 2024
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Fragile Shards“Fragile Shards: Whispers of Transience” is an evocative anthology that spans 15 years of the author’s writing journey. Each story is a unique shard, reflecting the complexity of life’s experiences and the resilience of hope.
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Fragile Shard 1. Fragile Shards of Dreams.The dream embraced her, enshrouding her in the endless threads of millennia, glowing with the amber reflections of centuries. She slept…
Dec 25, 2023
Dec 25, 2023
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Fragile Shard 2. Living Dead City.Above the bluish-lilac clouds, the whale swam, venturing where the crimson hues of the setting sun failed to reach and immersed itself in…
Dec 25, 2023
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Dec 25, 2023
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Fragile Shard 3. Samsara.The waves gently rustled as they rolled onto a deserted autumn beach. The sunset was approaching, and the gray sky, veiled with clouds…
Dec 25, 2023
Dec 25, 2023
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Fragile Shard 4. Writer.Something is happening — he is acutely aware of it. It all occurs when the sun descends, scorching the tops of centuries-old fir trees…
Dec 25, 2023
Dec 25, 2023
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Fragile Shard 5. Faceless Station.The station had stood in the middle of the Faceless Wasteland for several centuries. This vast brick building, adorned with cobwebs of…
Dec 25, 2023
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Dec 25, 2023
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Fragile Shard 6. The Ecstasy of Rain.You look up and eagerly await the black storm clouds to finally unleash their blessed ice drops. Standing still, you hold your breath and…
Jan 5
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Jan 5
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Fragile shard 7. The Last Cigarette.On that peculiar day, resplendent fluffy gray-black storm clouds hung over the ocean, or perhaps clouds… To be truthful, he couldn’t…
Jan 8
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Jan 8
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Fragile Shard 8. Houses Can Fly.On that melancholic day, heavy ice drops plummeted onto the cold stone. An abandoned, arch-vaulted cathedral loomed over a vast square…
Jan 9
Jan 9
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Fragile Shard 9. Clocks.In the realm of wonder, a man unveils an hourglass concealed within his sleeve, but instead of sand, it holds a flurry of snow, resembling…
Jan 10
Jan 10
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Fragile Shard 10. Purple Tram.On an unremarkably ordinary day, a man stepped down from a purple tram, inconspicuously parked along a public beach in a seemingly usual…
Jan 11
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Jan 11
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Fragile Shard 11. The Tale of One and Ben. Metal Heart, Warm Feelings.A bluish, damp, and sticky fog wrapped around me like a patchwork scarf. Being a robot, one might wonder why I needed a warm raincoat. But…
Jan 11
Jan 11
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Fragile Shard 12. The Everlasting CityThe city’s bustling pulse gradually eased after a tempestuous day — fatigued merchants dismantled their tents, gendarmes dispersed beggars…
Jan 12
Jan 12
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Fragile Shard 13. The Sad Tale of Life After Life.Ilya Petrovich sat at the very beginning of a long line — only two hundred people remained ahead of him — in a shabby, dimly lit corridor…
Jan 15
Jan 15
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Fragile Shard 14. Beam and Storm.Raisa Zinovievna was ill — incurable, no second chance. Death, the cold and gloomy presence she had sensed for quite some time, approached…
Jan 17
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Jan 17
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Fragile Shard 15. The Secret of Crystal Mountain.The Dreamer gazed wearily at the translucent wall slowly advancing towards him. He had cursed the day he volunteered for the Crystal…
Jan 19
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Jan 19
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Fragile Shard 16. Luchi Musaal.The man-city Part-con-Divor walked slowly along the evening road, which ran through a dense thicket of fir trees. After a hot day, the…
Jan 22
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Jan 22
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Dark Shard 1. White ceiling.I slowly moved my hand over the black carcass. Its slimy skin sank slightly under my fingers, squelching and moaning.
Jan 24
Jan 24
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Dark Shard 2. The Quiet House.The Quiet House stood on the edge of the old town, in an area you wouldn’t want to enter after dark. Not that there were many drunkards or…
Jan 26
Jan 26
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Dark Shard 3. Black-Black House.The Black-Black House stood on the very edge of the cliff. The rock, whose bald top it crowned, burst out of the boundless emerald sea of…
Jan 29
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Jan 29
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Dark Shard 4. The Wrong Train.I got on the wrong train, and that seems to be where it all started.
Jan 31
Jan 31