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River Merced plummets down the rocky hill, day and night disrupting my meditation. The squirrels scamper around collecting cones, tickling my body with every move. The...

Saved By The Bell

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IN THE SHADOWS OF AN UNBORN DREAM

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A Voyage from Darkness to Light

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Dr. Gabriel North tales: The Styx Protocol

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Ranjit knew that he had to dislodge the bullet from his right leg if he wanted to live. The searing pain seemed to radiate...

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Child is the father of Man

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It was time. Soon the courtroom clerk would come to me, open my arms with a creak, which has developed over a period of...

The Aqua Continuum

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Sagar was mesmerised. The exquisitely formed Ganga swam past his desk. As she passed him, his eyes followed her every move. Her undulating, graceful...

When the end comes

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I have been making plans. A few. Nothing much really. A trip to Switzerland. I have always wanted to go there. I think I...

Whose Life is it anyway

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I tell you, it was all in self defence. To protect myself and my family, I had to wield the weapon and the inevitable...

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What was my crime? Why did the man in the black boots target me…was he from enemy country? why? Why kill my friends… Why did he...

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Knives Out!

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December 2001, Delhi I plucked my bag off the baggage carousel and exited the airport, homeward bound. Mummy flew out the door, even before the taxi...

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A’Bridged Tale

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Medieval London Bridge 1104 In the silence of the night, I heard my timber frame creaking against the gusty wind, as river Thames roared underneath. I...

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As the Yellow Stars Fade Away

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It’s that time of the year, again. The time when the secrets hidden beneath layers of snow start sprouting, scattering seeds of magic in...

Beaks Club

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The Lost Shepherd

Sonal Singh - October 19, 2019 0

10 am, February 2003. New York, District Court. “All rise for the Honourable Judge Richards.” At the bailiff’s announcement, all rose. Judge Richards sat, perched a...

SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYA

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No Place to Hide

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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...

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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,...

Drama

The Witch on my street

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We called her The Witch. She was the only witch on the street I grew up in. Not that we lived in times where...

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200 years of (Soul)itude

Pallavi Sawant Uttekar - August 13, 2019 0

Tonight is the night of the blood moon. A Shaman had once told me these nights are marked for marvel. I peered among the branches,...

Innswoods

Fable

Devils of Moloch

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‘Come on Grandma, tell us a tale,’ requested seven-year-old Mark. ‘And it has to be a new story. We know all your old ones,’ whined...

GOODBYE FRIENDS!!!

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My mother and father were being carried away in a van. I struggled in vain to follow them. A heavy rope tied around my...

And, Life Goes On

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Emeralds, ambers, and sapphires sparkle in pairs. Scintillating shimmer loops around us, weaving this way and that. A purr follows a buzz. A suppressed...

Crime

Strange Bedfellows

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Mrs. Ambika Singh suddenly found a surge in the number of her friends. She was already popular in her social circle,...

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...

What you sow!

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He knew the very second their eyes locked that she desired him. And that she was his type, the adventurous one. No, they had...

Apartment 703

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

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Romance

Failed to Deliver

A Coincidence that saved lives

Sanchari Banerjee - February 13, 2019 0

"Dear Kishore, Don't wait for me. May be it's not worth it. Our families will be despaired. Forgive me." Piyali, wiping her tears, put the letter...

Dusk bade Farewell

Five00-7 Husna Thaslim - August 7, 2019 0

“Kariim..” Her voice trailed with the fading lights of the day. He wasn’t coming back. Swallowing the huge lump in her throat, she started the...

The letter not delivered

Failed to Deliver 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...

Mystery

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The Key

Yatindra Tawde - June 28, 2018 0

Raghavan was having an anger fit. He just couldn’t understand his wife’s nagging since the last few days. “I am telling you, Radhi, we aren’t...

Who Lives There?

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

The Fishing Lesson

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“Patience is the key.” The wise man taught. We nodded, adjusting the stained piece of rough cloth across the hips. This was a new...

A Painter’s Crime

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

Poetry

Poems

Come Back To You

Beetashok Chatterjee - July 21, 2018 0

I've been with you four decades and more Often wondered what I do it for Don't know the answer, ‘tis pleasure and pain But in my next...

Gravels of Sand

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Hold us unto your ear, And we recite a saga untold. Feel us under your feet, And we ride you to the realms of your past. Gaze upon...

Tethers

Break Free 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...

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Knives Out!

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