Faisal Khan
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Hi! I'm [Faisal Khan], a young writer obsessed with exploring the wild and often painful landscape of the human heart. I believe that even the smallest moments hold the greatest drama.
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A VISION OF JUDGMENT
I was awakened by a terrible sound. “Bru-a-a-a!” it roared across the darkness. At first, I did not understand. I thought I was half dreaming. The noise grew louder—shrill, shaking the air, impossible to ignore. “Good Lord!” I muttered. “What an awful racket!” It sounded like some enormous trumpet echoing across the world. I tried to sit up, but something felt strange. Where was I? The sound rose higher and more powerful until suddenly I knew—this was no ordinary noise. “It must be the Last Trump,” I whispered.
By Faisal Khan4 days ago in Fiction
THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES
George McWhirter Fotheringay was not the kind of man anyone would expect to possess miraculous powers. He was small, with bright red hair, freckles, sharp brown eyes, and a habit of twisting the ends of his moustache when arguing. He worked as a clerk at Gomshott’s and enjoyed proving people wrong. Until the age of thirty, he did not believe in miracles at all. In fact, he strongly argued that miracles were impossible. His strange discovery happened one evening while he was debating the subject in the bar of the Long Dragon.
By Faisal Khan5 days ago in Fiction
THE STAR
On the first day of the new year, astronomers across the world announced that the motion of the planet Neptune had become irregular. The discovery came almost simultaneously from several observatories. At first, ordinary people paid little attention. Many had never even heard of Neptune.
By Faisal Khan7 days ago in Education
THE CRYSTAL EGG
Near the crowded streets of Seven Dials stood a small, dirty curiosity shop owned by Mr. Cave, a nervous old dealer in antiquities and natural specimens. His shop window displayed oddities—skulls, stuffed animals, fishing tools, and among them a brilliantly polished crystal egg.
By Faisal Khan7 days ago in Motivation
A Slip Under The Microscope
The laboratory was warm and yellow-lit, while outside a grey fog pressed against the windows. Glass jars with dissected animals stood on each table, and shelves held preserved specimens and anatomical drawings. The students had just left for a lecture, leaving the demonstrator alone with the quiet clicking of his microtome.
By Faisal Khan10 days ago in Education
THE PLATTNER STORY
The case of Gottfried Plattner presents a troubling puzzle in evidence and belief. On one side stand seven credible witnesses, three photographs, and the undeniable fact that Plattner’s entire body is anatomically reversed—his heart beating on the right, his organs transposed, and his right hand effectively becoming his left. On the other side lies a story so extraordinary that common sense rebels against it. Yet the facts themselves cannot easily be dismissed.
By Faisal Khan17 days ago in Lifehack
THE SEA RAIDERS
Until the strange events at Sidmouth, the deep-sea creature known as Haploteuthis ferox was barely understood by science. Only fragments—tentacles found near the Azores and a decaying body discovered off Land’s End—hinted at its existence. Like most deep-sea cephalopods, it lived beyond the reach of nets and observation, known only through rare accidents. Zoologists could not explain how or why such creatures ever reached shallow waters.
By Faisal Khan18 days ago in Fiction
UNDER THE KNIFE
As I walked home from Haddon's house, one question echoed in my mind: What if I die under the operation? It was a strangely impersonal thought. I had no wife, no dependents, and few friends who would be deeply troubled by my death. This realization surprised and humbled me. Most of my friendships, I saw now, survived more out of habit than affection. The emotional urgency of life seemed to have drained from me, leaving behind a calm detachment that felt unnatural.
By Faisal Khan20 days ago in Lifehack
THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST
The canoe drifted quietly toward the island, where a wide bay opened beneath a blazing sky. A narrow gap in the white reef marked the mouth of a small river, its path visible by the darker green of thick forest spilling down the hillside. Beyond it, mountains rose like frozen waves. The sea was calm, almost unnaturally so.
By Faisal Khanabout a month ago in History
