Mango Dreams
My name is Mango, Alphonso a.k.a hapuz Mango. I grew up here in the back yard, owned by an old couple, by...
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Held in August 2019 · 480 to 500 words · 23 entries
Write a story in which the opening and closing sentences of the story are the same. You may only change the punctuation of the sentences.
Prompt by Pallavi Suri
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A NEW GAME IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
Zara zara touch me touch me touch me, zara zara hold me hold me hold me. He swayed as the sultry voice...
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A Journey
“Will now meet you in the court…you just can’t walk out on me like this” he screamed. She ignored and continued to...
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Pammy
"Why Pammy, why did you choose..?" the question haunted Dinyar as he drove out of the basement and swung on left to...
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Dusk bade Farewell
“Kariim..” Her voice trailed with the fading lights of the day. He wasn’t coming back. Swallowing the huge lump in her throat,...
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“Purple au revoir”
I would never forget the color of her saree. Vibrant blue. The same blue that burst forth from her marble like eyes....
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The Drunkard
Once again he was gone, unaware of my existence; soon a heart skipped a beat, a pair of eyes winked and somewhere...
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MARCH FOR FREEDOM
October 1929, Ahmedabad This was just the beginning. Bansari knew that. Kakuchand, her husband, who worked as a manservant in one of...
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Numb
It is a vicious circle. But… In my thirty years of existence, if there is one word that would describe me aptly-...
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Wake up Old man
It’s raining,It’s pouring, The old man is snoring ——- Mini was laughing and waking up Prabhakar ,” Grandpa you always sleep after...
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The Road Taken
Kallar Ghat was hardly motorable. Landslides left nearly two scores of people dead and a few more missing. Many remained buried inside...
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Black has all colours
'Hazel eyes and straight edged nose,' my father would say to describe my features. 'How do I look, Baba?' I would ask....
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DAY PASS
‘Come and sit here, next to me.’ The teenage boy who boarded the bus at M G Road looked in the direction...
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND, MUMMA!
“Please understand, Mumma. I am busy with my studies,” almost yelled Manisha. “No dear, I know you are not studying. I am...
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An Arachnid Anecdote
"I love spiders....." I spoke aloud to convince myself and failed…. Shoo...shooo….. I cringed in horror…. Three hairy brown arachnids crawled over...
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Go Fish!
“I will never lie anymore, Ralph. I promise you. Just go with the story this once, okay?” Jack pleaded, mustering as much...
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Buckroo’s Mane Bane!
“I’ll get’em scamps one day.” Police Constable Buckroo bellowed, as usual, after the village pranksters. ____________________________ A bachelor, he was a portly...
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His Backup Plan
Trust me! I was very lucky. How many of you could survive a 15 feet fall and live to tell the tale?...
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In a Rut
Shit, he was in a rut, he needed to get out. ‘How long am I supposed to do this? Everyone else has...
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Saving the Future
He carried the child on his head in neck deep waters, towards safety. Many many eons ago, heavy rains lashed the town....
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Piles of Mortification
"Sit quietly!" I said, "Giggling? You idiot." It was Bablu this time. The most notorious of them all. To mind a class...
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The wait
"When will dad come back?" My five year old son, Ketan, sobbed seeing his father leaving with a suitcase. My husband, Mukesh,...
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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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