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Echoes of Innocence
Inspired by Franz Kafka's novel: The Trial
One cold winter night, breezes carrying whispers of an indictment rarely known to the world, rattled the windows of the humble attorney Albert Kowalski’s home. Kowalski had just started reading an obscure book named 'The Trial'. It was a haunting tale of a man named Joseph K. who’s arbitrarily arrested for a crime he is not aware of, incessantly pursued by an elusive, faceless, and bureaucratic legal system.
Read MoreFlight in the Absurd
Inspired by Joseph Heller's novel: Catch-22
Captain John Yossarian, a World War II bomber stationed on the island of Pianosa, was in a state of perpetual bewilderment. He craved sanity in a world that was governed by Catch-22; a paradoxical regulation that defined human existence in the face of war.
Read MoreRebirth Through Endurance: A Tale of Oran
Inspired by Albert Camus's novel: The Plague
In the silent, desolate town of Oran, an unexpected visitor arrived. It was not a welcomed acquaintance, nor a long-lost family member. No, this visitor wore an invisible cloak, and it moved with a malignant intention, casting a deadly shadow over the unsuspecting town. This was the plague.
Read MoreA New Dawn: The Reawakening
Inspired by Franz Kafka's novel: The Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to find himself incredibly modified. His sleep-induced fantasies of a life beyond his whispers to an existence more familiar than that which he had been living became actualized – only, not in the form he anticipated.
Read MoreThe Last Dance of Ice-Nine
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's novel: Cat's Cradle
There was something undeniably chilling about the string-like formation of the molecule Ice-Nine. Its essence, created by the eccentric Dr. Felix Hoenikker, held the potential to rewrite the chronicles of the world. Yet, amidst all science, no one had anticipated the catastrophic reality lurking within its crystal-like beauty.
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