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Held in January 2022 · 480 to 500 words · 8 entries

Write a 500-word tale with the words "It is not who fired the shot but who paid for the bullet" included in your story.

Prompt by RN

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“ Hey children, where are you ? Dinner is ready.” From the honey- drenched voice of my stepmom ,I could guess that...

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She stood before me, battered, bruised, and broken. Bee stung lips! Wasn't that what the new age divas were flaunting? However, the...

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Game over? “These disgusting words weren’t in the script that was sent to me!” Devi’s face turned crimson when she heard the...

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With steady hands sepoy Lacchiman Gurung took aim and fired. An unarmed man dropped dead. Taking innocent lives no longer bothered him....

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The lone naked bulb blinks and buzzes, interrupting the silence which has seeped into every inch of the narrow corridor. Just a...

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I put the fear of God into these bi-pedalled monsters who trespass into my domain and mess up with me. However, one...

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February 5, 1948. Aundh, Pune Aundh was on fire. It was a retaliation for what had transpired in the national capital, about...

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It was the night before Christmas and everything was calm and quiet. Not a creature stirred, oh, none except Nelly, ofcourse, who...

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