I thought this blog should be one of the short stories from Amurati Volume 3 I’m writing. An Amurati is a short story of 300 words or less. Enjoy.
There was a time, if memory serves, before the great exodus—before the desperate race to conquer new worlds—when humanity poured its energy into perfecting the art of annihilation. Earth itself had been our battleground, but that changed when an asteroid, massive enough to shatter continents, threatened our very existence. United by survival, we were forced to abandon our wars and turn our ingenuity toward a singular mission: escape or die.
It took decades, but we harnessed the means to leave Earth. In those long years, as we ventured further into the unknown, our old hatreds and fractured ideologies began to mutate. We found new homes among the stars, planets shaped by those same divisions that once stained Earth. The most powerful faction settled on Titan, drawn by its harsh beauty and the promise of a fresh start. Thorough tests assured us that Titan was free from any threat—no visible biological anomalies, nothing harmful to human life.
But now, as I fly past its orbit, the rumors claw at me. Titan’s colonists are no longer human. The settlements lie in ruin, desolate under the poisoned skies. Some twisted form of organic life found its way into them, not through their bodies but their emotions, latching onto their dormant resentments and amplifying them to monstrous extremes. They transformed, consumed by their darkest selves, until their hatred tore down all semblance of reason. Ultimately, Titan became their prison, a world closed off by their unyielding animosity—a confinement they once believed would set them free. Now banned to all.
259 words.
If you enjoyed reading this, you can find Amurati shorts in Volume 1 and Volume 2 (each containing 50 short stories a piece). Visit the link below or, if you prefer a digital copy, you can find them on Amazon to download. I encourage you to write your own.
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