Over My Dead Body - Short Story
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An ageing man clings to the quiet routines of his life in a house that no longer belongs to its surroundings. As sleek modern buildings rise around him, his home stands as a stubborn relic of the past-filled with memory, solitude, and the faint echoes of someone he once shared it with. But when the outside world finally comes crashing in, reality itself begins to fracture. In a moment of panic, he discovers something far more unsettling than the destruction of his home: he may have already faded from the world long before the walls begin to fall.
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