:root {
  --ink: #171717;
  --muted: #666b72;
  --paper: #ffffff;
  --soft: #f3f4f6;
  --line: #e3e5e8;
  --red: #c81622;
  --red-dark: #8f0912;
  --gold: #e9b83d;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body { margin: 0; background: #f5f5f4; color: var(--ink); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }

.fiction-ribbon { position: relative; z-index: 10; padding: 9px 14px; background: #ffe55c; color: #191300; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: .08em; text-align: center; }
.site-header { background: var(--paper); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.header-inner { width: min(1160px, calc(100% - 28px)); min-height: 76px; margin: 0 auto; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; }
.brand { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px; }
.brand-mark { width: 43px; height: 43px; display: grid; place-items: center; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--red); color: white; font: 900 17px/1 Georgia, serif; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px rgba(255,255,255,.28); }
.brand-copy { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.brand-copy strong { font: 900 20px/1 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.brand-copy small { margin-top: 4px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.header-date { display: none; text-align: right; color: var(--muted); font-size: 12px; }
.header-date span, .header-date strong { display: block; }
.header-date strong { margin-top: 3px; color: var(--ink); }
.main-nav { overflow-x: auto; background: #171717; color: white; scrollbar-width: none; }
.main-nav::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.nav-inner { width: min(1160px, 100%); margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 14px; display: flex; }
.nav-inner a { flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 13px 14px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; }
.nav-inner a:first-child { background: var(--red); }

main { width: min(1160px, 100%); margin: 0 auto; }
.ticker { margin: 12px 14px 0; min-height: 42px; display: flex; align-items: stretch; background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid var(--line); }
.ticker span { display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 0 12px; background: var(--red); color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 900; }
.ticker p { margin: 0; padding: 10px 12px; color: #4f5257; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; }
.page-grid { padding: 18px 14px 44px; }
.article { background: var(--paper); padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.04); }
.breadcrumbs { color: #878b91; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: .04em; }
.story-label { display: inline-block; margin-top: 18px; padding: 6px 9px; border-radius: 3px; background: var(--red); color: white; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: .07em; }
h1 { margin: 12px 0 12px; font: 900 clamp(29px, 8vw, 54px)/1.02 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: -.035em; }
.lead { margin: 0; color: #4f5358; font: 400 17px/1.55 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; }
.article-meta { margin-top: 22px; padding-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
.author-avatar { width: 34px; height: 34px; display: grid; place-items: center; border-radius: 50%; background: #222; color: white; font: 700 15px Georgia, serif; }
.article-meta span, .article-meta time { display: block; font-size: 11px; }
.article-meta span { font-weight: 800; }
.article-meta time { margin-top: 3px; color: var(--muted); }
.share-row { margin: 16px 0; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; }
.share-row > span { color: var(--muted); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; }
.share { width: 32px; height: 32px; display: grid; place-items: center; border-radius: 50%; color: white; font-weight: 900; }
.facebook { background: #1877f2; }
.x-social { background: #111; }
.mail { background: #697079; }

.hero-illustration { position: relative; height: clamp(300px, 70vw, 480px); margin: 0 -18px 26px; overflow: hidden; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 60%, rgba(38,24,11,.3) 60%), radial-gradient(circle at 68% 20%, #fff6ae 0 8%, transparent 9%), linear-gradient(160deg, #aac976 0 38%, #6a8e46 70%, #3c512b 100%); }
.sun-glow { position: absolute; top: 9%; right: 17%; width: 110px; height: 110px; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(255,238,148,.42); filter: blur(10px); }
.tree-crown { position: absolute; border-radius: 48% 52% 45% 55%; background: #315f2d; box-shadow: inset -28px -16px 0 rgba(25,67,34,.32), 0 10px 50px rgba(26,43,20,.2); }
.crown-one { width: 73%; height: 50%; left: -15%; top: -12%; transform: rotate(-4deg); }
.crown-two { width: 58%; height: 42%; left: 20%; top: -14%; background: #3d7035; }
.tree-trunk { position: absolute; width: 95px; height: 82%; left: 18%; top: 10%; border-radius: 44% 48% 10% 14%; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#4f2e16,#81502a 40%,#3d2314); transform: rotate(4deg); box-shadow: inset 12px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.08); }
.tree-root { position: absolute; height: 34px; left: 13%; bottom: 26%; background: #4f2e16; border-radius: 50%; transform-origin: left center; }
.root-one { width: 48%; transform: rotate(11deg); }
.root-two { width: 35%; transform: rotate(-18deg); }
.earth-bank { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 34%; background: linear-gradient(#6a4a25,#3b2818); clip-path: polygon(0 18%,16% 6%,35% 21%,56% 3%,79% 17%,100% 8%,100% 100%,0 100%); }
.pot { position: absolute; width: 135px; height: 105px; right: 17%; bottom: 14%; border-radius: 9px 9px 52px 52px; background: linear-gradient(95deg,#6f2d17,#b45126 46%,#763017); box-shadow: 0 13px 23px rgba(21,10,4,.35), inset 8px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.09); transform: rotate(-5deg); }
.pot-rim { position: absolute; left: -8px; right: -8px; top: -7px; height: 20px; border-radius: 50%; background: #833317; box-shadow: inset 0 6px 0 #3a1a0c; }
.coin { position: absolute; width: 34px; height: 34px; border-radius: 50%; border: 3px solid #f4d264; background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#fff3a0,#d49a18 58%,#8c5d08); box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.34), inset 0 0 0 3px rgba(120,72,0,.2); }
.coin::after { content: "✦"; position: absolute; inset: 0; display: grid; place-items: center; color: #9b6a0b; font-size: 13px; }
.coin-one { left: 9px; top: -21px; transform: rotate(16deg); }
.coin-two { left: 39px; top: -29px; }
.coin-three { left: 68px; top: -21px; transform: rotate(-12deg); }
.coin-four { left: 93px; top: -13px; }
.coin-five { left: 50px; top: 1px; }
.fiction-watermark { position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(-12deg); color: rgba(255,255,255,.62); border: 5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.55); padding: 7px 15px; font-size: clamp(31px,10vw,74px); font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: .1em; text-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.25); }
.hero-illustration figcaption { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; padding: 9px 12px; background: rgba(0,0,0,.72); color: white; font-size: 10px; }

.article-body { font: 400 18px/1.72 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; }
.article-body p { margin: 0 0 22px; }
.article-body .dropcap::first-letter { float: left; margin: 5px 7px 0 0; color: var(--red); font-size: 62px; font-weight: 900; line-height: .72; }
.article-body h2 { margin: 36px 0 15px; font: 900 27px/1.12 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
.key-points { margin: 32px 0; padding: 22px 20px; border-top: 5px solid var(--red); background: #f4f4f2; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
.key-points > span { color: var(--red); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: .08em; }
.key-points h2 { margin: 7px 0 12px; font-size: 22px; }
.key-points ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; }
.key-points li { margin: 7px 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; }
blockquote { margin: 34px 0; padding: 5px 0 5px 20px; border-left: 5px solid var(--red); color: #373a3f; font: italic 700 21px/1.5 Georgia, serif; }
blockquote cite { display: block; margin-top: 10px; color: var(--muted); font: normal 11px/1.4 Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; }
.disclaimer-card { margin-top: 38px; padding: 20px; display: flex; gap: 14px; background: #fff8cf; border: 1px solid #ead464; }
.disclaimer-icon { flex: 0 0 auto; width: 33px; height: 33px; display: grid; place-items: center; border-radius: 50%; background: #1f1f1f; color: white; font-weight: 900; }
.disclaimer-card h2 { margin: 0 0 7px; font-size: 18px; }
.disclaimer-card p { margin: 0; color: #4f491f; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.55; }
.sidebar { display: none; }

footer { background: #171717; color: white; }
.footer-inner { width: min(1160px, calc(100% - 28px)); margin: 0 auto; padding: 34px 0; }
.footer-brand { font: 900 21px/1 Arial, sans-serif; }
.footer-inner p { max-width: 580px; color: #b5b7ba; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; }
.footer-inner .copyright { margin-top: 22px; color: #777b80; }

@media (min-width: 700px) {
  .fiction-ribbon { font-size: 12px; }
  .header-date { display: block; }
  .brand-mark { width: 52px; height: 52px; font-size: 20px; }
  .brand-copy strong { font-size: 25px; }
  .page-grid { padding-top: 26px; }
  .article { padding: 34px 44px; }
  .hero-illustration { margin-left: -44px; margin-right: -44px; }
}

@media (min-width: 980px) {
  .ticker { margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; }
  .page-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 780px) 330px; align-items: start; gap: 28px; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; }
  .sidebar { display: grid; gap: 20px; position: sticky; top: 18px; }
  .sidebar-card { padding: 22px; background: var(--paper); border-top: 5px solid #222; }
  .notice-card { border-color: #e6c928; background: #fffbe4; }
  .eyebrow { color: var(--red); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: .09em; }
  .sidebar-card h2 { margin: 8px 0; font: 900 22px/1.1 Arial, sans-serif; }
  .sidebar-card > p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.55; }
  .sidebar-heading { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding-bottom: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; }
  .sidebar-heading small { color: var(--red); }
  .most-read { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
  .most-read li { padding: 16px 0; display: flex; gap: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .most-read li:last-child { border: 0; }
  .most-read span { color: var(--red); font: 900 29px/1 Georgia, serif; }
  .most-read p { margin: 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.35; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } }