No. 1  ·  Spring 2026

When Tigers Smoked

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Flash Fiction · Memory

The End of the World

The first time I saw the end of the world was in an October sky in '95. We were told not to look at it. To ignore it and it would go away. But it was unbelievable. A magic trick like none other. The Sun disappeared.

A decade later, on another October morning, I felt it. Waking up to a world that had just lost its feet. Our lives changed with the magnitude. The world kept going.

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About the Author

Umar Shahid is a writer and artist based in Doha.