The (w)Hole Truth
Whoosh! And she was gone! Gone down the rabbit hole, just like Alice in Wonderland. 21 year old Alicia Creado had been...
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Aromatic Makutu
Mysty Bayou- The freshly painted words on an old board greeted as our car entered the town. Delays shadowed me in every...
14 min read
A Doctor who loved
The creaking stairs, the approaching steps woke up Shireen with a start. For the next few moments, but what felt like eternity,...
12 min read
Dr. Gabriel North tales: The Styx Protocol
Samuel Clooney was doomed. His new book had received abysmal reviews... "Sam Clooney's comeback is too insipid...too predictable compared to his famous...
14 min read
Love Enmeshed
He said he still loved me, but the irony of those words seared through my heart. The enormity of the agonising moment...
6 min read
By My Side
Needles pricked my arm. Head pounded like crazy. Parched mouth heavy with cigarette taste, it took effort to crack open my eyes....
6 min read
Roohaniyat
End of 1995. HELP!! Help.. please... Can you hear me? Don't lock me in. I beg of you. It's dark in here....
6 min read
I am a woman
Thump...thump. I could hear my heartbeats. I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my dupatta. Soon I was going to speak...
6 min read
RAINBOW OF LOVE
The phone beeped again.No, it won’t be her. She hadn’t pinged me after that night two months ago!She had messaged me a...
6 min read
An Appeal
This is not a story, rather an appeal to find a friend of mine. I have an axe to grind with her....
6 min read
..of Swamis and sins…
‘Yes, mom. ….No, please. Don’t worry….just a stomach ache….I am fine….yes, definitely... ..no, won’t miss it from next Friday……..Ok, then. See you...
3 min read
STORM.
The beautiful ranch, in sunny Mexico, spread before her eyes. Samantha Crump, let out a phlegm filled cough, and walked towards the...
4 min read
The Whirlwind of Life
The dark never bothered her; neither did the shrill wails, rattles, and shadows. Kiva spent most of her life living in a...
19 min read
And the Rest Becomes History.
And The Rest Becomes History Disclaimer: The story is a work of the writer's overactive imagination. Liberties were taken. However the writer...
16 min read
WHEN DEATH KNOCKS
“Mr. God, do we really need Ms. Death down there? I mean, look at man.... such a beautiful creation of yours...near perfect...
3 min read
It Flows Gently On…
The river flowed on, beyond a curtain of mist, its coquettish laughter ringing out in the morning air. Today, its laughter seemed...
3 min read
Hymn to the Sea
He was the Jack of all trades. Literally. His name was Jack and he was a whimsical poet, a gifted artist, a...
13 min read
Scattered Clues
The large oak door was open, allowing the winter chill to seep into the house. Where was the butler? "This way, ma'am....
5 min read
WHAT THE PECK!!!
‘What do we do now?’, Dipa paced frantically with the letter in her hand. Anil did not know and went on to...
6 min read
Curse Absolved by Nature’s Boon
Devikulam, my home town is a sleepy hamlet in the foothills of Munnar, in Kerala. The name was evolved from two words...
6 min read
Of Fireworks and Rabbit holes
It’s the night of Diwali. The smell of firecrackers permeates the air, taking me back, like it always does, to some memories...
11 min read
Saved By The Bell
‘Thambi, I am too tired to tell the story. Can you do the honours?’, Raji requested. At her bid, I relate to...
3 min read
The Decorated Hero
Picking up the bale of grass I started feeding Ganpya inside the cowshed. This big wooden structure housed our two oxes, Ganpya...
5 min read
The Strange Town
"Come in, Amara." He gestured for me to step inside. The man did not look like a servant, but he wasn't the...
6 min read