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Chapter 1: The eternal wait Beyond the tottering wooden door, soft city lights glowed through the ragged curtains. A smog of pollution coated the whole...

Truth or Fiction

Claws Club Sreeparna Sen - January 4, 2019 0

The two bodies were lying on the bed with their limbs at awkward angles. Their throats had been cut with something razor-sharp. The esophagus...

Not My Sin

Claws Club Sreeparna Sen - February 15, 2019 0

Author's Note: The below story is a fictional representation of a thought process of a certain person as imagined by the author. This is...

The Other Side of the Story

Claws Club Jayashree Pillai - December 23, 2018 0

Sixth Avenue, one of the city’s main arterial roads, forked into two, just some fifty kilometers from the river water harbour. One road, pretty...

And the Rest Becomes History.

Claws Club Sarveswari Sai Krishna - January 15, 2019 0

And The Rest Becomes History Disclaimer: The story is a work of the writer's overactive imagination. Liberties were taken. However the writer assures you that...

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The baggages

Sanchari Banerjee - July 30, 2020 3

Ooh… aah… ouch… I swear, if I had the ability, I would have sued some of these airport staff. I hate to be manhandled....

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Stirring up the hornet’s nest- A reviewing primer

Shankar Hosagoudar - July 25, 2020 0

Hola Artoons, Here's another set of helpful tips that, I hope, will come in handy as you go about reviewing. To begin with, anonymous entries are...

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Boon in Disguise

ArtoonsInn - July 22, 2020 1

Purnima* day of the present month It was one of those balmy mornings in the year 1132 in the West Bengal region. The bright sun had...

EVAPORATED IN 24 HOURS

Manoj Paprikar - September 11, 2019 0

The sun-baked day did not auger well for the energy pent up inside her. Tara needed to cool down; back from the mission just...

SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYA

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The Witch Trial of Salem

Beaks Club Pallavi Sawant Uttekar - April 16, 2019 0

No Place to Hide

Beaks Club Ranjit Narayanan - September 5, 2019 0

Touch the Sky

Beaks Club Manoj Paprikar - September 16, 2019 0

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Atop The Rolling Hills

Priya Bajpai - August 15, 2019 0

It had been a week since I met her. Ever since, I visited the cemetery every day, hoping to get her glimpse. That day,...

Curfew

The Strange Town

Srivalli Rekha - October 19, 2018 0

"Come in, Amara." He gestured for me to step inside. The man did not look like a servant, but he wasn't the owner either. I...

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The Road Taken

Ranjit Narayanan - August 5, 2019 0

Kallar Ghat was hardly motorable. Landslides left nearly two scores of people dead and a few more missing. Many remained buried inside their vehicles...

Drama

Dr. Gabriel North tales: The Styx Protocol

Pallavi Sawant Uttekar - July 10, 2019 0

Samuel Clooney was doomed. His new book had received abysmal reviews... "Sam Clooney's comeback is too insipid...too predictable compared to his famous Gabriel series...." It stung. Mostly, because...

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Inferno

Rohini Jayanti - January 7, 2020 0

The sun bloomed on the horizons that filled the sky with shades of orange and pink, that reflected on each leaf and wisp of...

The Burning Hills

Fiction Ranjit Narayanan - January 13, 2020 0

Subri’s story: My name is Subramaniam, in short, Subri. I work in the Theni wing of Cosmopolitan Trekking Club, founded by Von Reid, a world-famous...

Betty Cooper’s Last Flight

Fiction Manidipa Bhattacharyya - January 16, 2020 0

Betty Cooper opened her eyes. The place was aglow in crimson hues. Dark Shadows of the ghastly fire danced in front of her eyes....

Crime

A Painter’s Crime

Claws Club Srivalli Rekha - January 10, 2019 0

The stink of death was unmistakable. It surrounded him, crawling through his nostrils to block his windpipe. As he got closer, it was only...

Aromatic Makutu

Claws Club Srivalli Rekha - July 16, 2019 0

Mysty Bayou- The freshly painted words on an old board greeted as our car entered the town. Delays shadowed me in every possible place....

Scattered Clues

Crime Srivalli Rekha - December 3, 2018 0

The large oak door was open, allowing the winter chill to seep into the house. Where was the butler? "This way, ma'am. Please, the Inspector...

Vengeance

ArttrA-2 Charulata Panigrahi - May 18, 2019 0

How am I supposed to recognize you, if you don’t send me your pic?”, she had asked exasperatedly on the phone.“Hey… let the blind...

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Romance

Failed to Deliver

The letter not delivered

Pallavi Suri - February 13, 2019 0

I could almost peep through her huge almond eyes that served oceans and volcanoes from time to time as she feverishly scratched me. Peeping...

Mango Dreams

Five00-7 Itali Madhusmita - August 8, 2019 0

My name is Mango, Alphonso a.k.a hapuz Mango. I grew up here in the back yard, owned by an old couple, by the edge...

Kadamba Mala

Five00-2 Nagamani Kuchimanchi - July 27, 2018 0

Abhijeet Tiwari woke up to a surprisingly cool morning, after spending a sleepless night in the humid weather of Chennai. Born and brought up...

Eyes are sufficient

Failed to Deliver Varshini Ravindran - February 13, 2019 0

A rusty metal trunk box was flung open. Adjusting his eye glasses, Linga kept digging into his treasure box scattering some old and half...

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EYES DON’T LIE

Seema Taneja - May 20, 2019 0

Avanika knew something was wrong the second she spied his name flash on the screen. It was tempting to ignore the call, but instincts...

A Known Stranger

Curfew Geeta Jena - October 19, 2018 0

I couldn’t control my smile. Nowadays, I smiled without reason. But today, there was a reason. After two months I was finally meeting him!...

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Mystery Smitha Adithan - May 27, 2018 0

I'm Robert Danwook, 61 years old. I live in a comfortable house along with my wife, daughter and son-in-law's photos or should I say...

Who Lives There?

Area 153 Series Srivalli Rekha - June 20, 2018 0

The chaos on the dark streets made Francesca curious. She peeked through the smudgy window in her room from the first floor. Both the...

Poetry

Break Free

Tethers

ArtoonsInn - March 15, 2019 0

The beads and chains, Of custom and tradition, The inking of my face, The branding, in your name; Will not ground me! Rebellious my eyes Resolute my lips, My longing to...

The Cyber Romantic

Poems Beetashok Chatterjee - July 21, 2018 0

It was quiet on the night watch And the time was passing slow, The old helmsman turned around To ask the young fellow “Son, please tell me something That...

THE BALLAD OF A SEAMAN’s BLUES

Poems Beetashok Chatterjee - October 22, 2018 0

At the stroke of twelve one night I carried my luggage down Big suitcase and a heavy backpack Both shades of golden brown Friendly cabbie smiled'n'helped Me hoist it...