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FUTURE SHORT FICTION MURDER
The Timeless Harvest: Where Generations Unknowingly Converge
In the year 2442, atop a jagged cliff perpetually battered by ominous storms, stood the Castle of Chronos. This was no ordinary castle. Its spires pierced the clouds, and its very stones seemed to hum with the power of time itself. Legends whispered that its inhabitants controlled the flow of history β reshaping events to suit their twisted desires. To many, they were gods; to others, monsters. The truth? Far darker and, perhaps, far more absurd.
The residents of Chronos Castle werenβt content with merely existing at the end of time. Their survival depended on the careful, calculated manipulation of history to ensure that individuals from across the ages would stumble upon their gates. These werenβt random travelers. Each visitor was meticulously selected, their ancestors lives manipulated across centuries to lead them to the castle. Once inside, they would be ritualistically killed and harvested β their essence fueling the castleβs unnatural existence.
The process began in the Hall of Histories, a room lined with gilded clocks and flickering screens displaying every moment of humanityβs past, present, and infinite possible futures. It was here that the residents identified their targets. A child born in 1837, a revolutionary in 1912, a techβ¦
