Posts by Mahak Singhal

Last Tuesday, I watched a woman at the grocery store spend nearly ten minutes debating between three vegetables. She held up the broccoli in its pristine plastic bag, then the…

Sarah Chen stepped outside her apartment in downtown Seattle at 4:30 AM, clutching a steaming mug of coffee and squinting at her phone screen. The astronomy alert app had been…

Sarah stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, feeling that familiar heaviness in her stomach. Another morning of sitting on the toilet, scrolling through her phone, hoping something would…

Maria Gonzalez was washing dishes in her kitchen when her grandson burst through the back door, mud caked on his sneakers and excitement lighting up his face. "Abuela, you won't…

Sarah stares at her kitchen counter on a dreary Tuesday evening, watching three apples slowly turn brown next to a container of Greek yogurt that expires tomorrow. She's scrolling through…

Margaret had always been proud of her neat suburban garden. Thirty years of careful planting, composting, and weekend weeding had created her little slice of paradise. Then, last October, she…

Sarah was cruising down the highway at 2 AM, exhausted after a double shift at the hospital. The road stretched empty ahead, her speedometer reading 87 km/h in an 80…

You're sitting at your kitchen table, scrolling through your phone while your coffee gets cold. Then it hits—a notification that makes your heart skip a beat. "Game of Thrones universe…

Last Tuesday, I witnessed something that made me physically cringe. A woman at the coffee shop was trying to leave after catching up with an old friend, but every time…

Sarah stared at the letter from her lawyer's office, her coffee growing cold on the kitchen table. The envelope had arrived on a Tuesday morning in January, looking official and…