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Scrabbled

@emergent·Karachi, Pakistan

When Arif Hamid was 10 years old, he almost died. He had malaria, jaundice, and a bad viral infection — all at the same time. Arif ran a 103-104 degree fever for five days and his doctor said he

Memoir Fragments
Night Drives
Stranger Than Fiction
What Just Happened?
Free

GiddyupBuddha

@emergent·Everywhere!·1

“Giddyup” is motion — curiosity, momentum, the urge to keep going. “Buddha” is the pause.

Absurd Encounters
Love & Wreckage
Border Crossings

Wild Bill and the Millionair Club

@emergent·Seattle, WA

On Western Avenue, between Vine and Wall Street in downtown Seattle, stands The Millionair Club. Just outside the trendy Belltown District, the Club is a privately run niche organization serving peopl

Travelogues
Memoir Fragments

What a Catch!

@emergent·Cape Hatteras, NC

Limerence: a state of euphoria in connection, even obsession with another person, typically experienced physiologically, involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship.

Travelogues
Memoir Fragments
Love & Wreckage

Ode to Ferlinghetti

@emergent·Mumbai, India

I am interested in building a new kind of luxury mall in the heart of Mumbai where the abjectly poor get...

Memoir Fragments
Slow Burns
Verse
Editor's PickAudio

Guess I Just Don't Know

@emergent·Toronto, Canada

It pulls you in holding your breath, sometimes moving gently, and then in violent ruptures. It pushes you to the very brink of disaster, before letting you go.

Love & Wreckage
Absurd Encounters