https://abdulj.com/2026/07/26/a-rat-speaks-on-fools-escaping/abdulj.en2026-07-26T14:51:07+00:00A rat speaks on fools escapingwriting, internet, short story, life, metaverse, escapism, fiction, fantasy, spacefaring, vampirism, the matrix, here and now, cyberpunk, dystopia, utopianismhttps://abdulj.com/2026/07/26/deep-in-pregnant-hills-a-jinn-in-wales/abdulj.en2026-07-26T14:31:24+00:00Deep in Pregnant Hills (A Jinn in Wales)writing, travel, life, fiction, wales, jinn, myth, diversity, appropriation, cultural, heritage, england, merging, the land, bookshttps://abdulj.com/2026/07/26/summers-blooming-like-morning-dew-the-overlife/abdulj.en2026-07-26T14:23:10+00:00Summer’s blooming like morning dew (The Overlife)writing, regret, motherhood, barren, fertility, parenthood, conception, adoption