Flash Stories

"running late to my oil change appointment at the dealership at 8:30 am..."

Read by AI voice en-US-studio-QA.

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"I was chatting over the phone with my friend in Chicago who is a published writer, English major and educator. He asked me to write an article about my daily writing routine..."

"The young man left his wife at home with their crying baby to sit with a white-bearded shaykh..."

Read by AI voice en-GB-News-L.

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"To the man with a hammer..."

Read by AI voice en-US-Studio-Q.

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Yousuf Azhar discusses the first week of the podcast with his daughter, Sumaya Azhar.

"Sunlight diffused through the clouds such that I could not tell the time of day..."

Read by AI voice en-GB-News-L.

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"I told that boy when he was a boy. I said, 'Daughters-in-law are evil. They treat their mothers-in-law badly.'

Such a stupid boy. He said..."

Read by AI voice en-IN-Journey-O.

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"In her father’s house, the college student woke up feeling hungry..."

Ready by AI voice en-US-Wavenet-F.

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"A year after my mother died, I drove one and a half hours to visit her best friend in the city I grew up in. I missed Aunty..."

Read by AI voice "en-US-Wavenet-J".

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"The noise in the house aggravated my kurta after my daughter came home with her two kids to spend a week with me and my wife for winter break. 'My kurta would like a little bit of quiet,' I said..."