“Why are you here?” his father questioned him, almost sounding remorseful. He gave him a good stare from the other side of the door, and Leod looked back with self-assurance. It was visible in his every move. Every breath. Every thought. He had finally come home after years of being dismissed from society. Years of […]
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Silence is Golden? – Part 1
This story takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan under the control of the USSR, in 1957. In memory of those that suffered and continue to suffer because of injustice and prejudice ‘Silence is golden,’ they said. What if that silence is filled with the absence of happiness? Is silence still golden? Maybe it rusts like […]