What Freedom Looks Like is a powerful and emotionally rich short story following a 47-year-old African American woman who leaves the United States behind to rebuild her life in Colombia after decades of surviving racism, sexism, family trauma, and the crushing pressures of capitalism. Educated,

In a dystopian society ruled by emotional control and enforced conformity, Letia Vale—a former teacher labeled a “Persistent Cognitive Dissenter”—resists a system that sacrifices freedom, truth, and individuality for stability. As she endures psychological reconditioning inside the State’s “Deep Ha

“Parasite” is a dark speculative story set in a dystopian society where a group known as the Pales are feared for their psychological dependency on others. Rather than feeding on blood or flesh, the Pales survive through emotional attachment, slowly consuming the attention, energy, and identity of

In a city where cruelty wears the mask of compassion and faith has been weaponized into a tool of control, Letia Vale clings to the fading memory of her mother’s words: safety is not a place — it’s a presence. Arrested by a regime that systematically corrupts every source of human comfort, Letia is