Short Story

By Jazzanae Warmsley Set in Tiremoore, a parallel 21 st  century realm where magic governs justice and resurrection is never without consequence. Warden’s Rite (Chapter 1) In the twilight-bound city of Tiremoore, where the sky flickered like candlelight and the laws of nature bent to the will of ancient rites, the dead did not rest as they waited.  Jazleen, the last living descendant of the Warden bloodline, stood in the sanctum of her family’s crumbling estate. Her green rob

By Drishti Dattatreya Rao Nina:   I opened my eyes. Another day. Tiring – I couldn’t even get out of my bed. I rolled over and fell off the bed. Somehow, it broke. Ugh, every day is such a pain. I have to fix this bed after my nine-to-five crappy job. Don’t get me wrong, this job was - and has been - my dream job. But the thing is everything is slowly becoming boring and regular. So regular that even singing songs I loved wouldn’t help. What time is it?  I thought, looking at

By Vishakha Choudhary Phooli was unhappy. She had already been to the well twice today. And the first time around, she had to carry an extra bucket of water at top of her two matkas. The second round thankfully was just the matkas but the third round was a bit much. If mother was not ill in bed she would have considered saying no to her aunty. Surely, Raju could bathe in water from the hand-pump. But saying no would mean her aunty calling them lazy and freeloaders. With mothe

By A.Bhagirathraj To get the perfect goal, you need to float in the air for a few seconds. Yeah!! I’m writing this while watching a...

By Yuen Chan Yoke 袁襯玉 You will age. With every trickle of smoothing serum dripped, And every dewy, plumping face mask disposed of, You...

By Salem Youngblood I was born on a windless day, her first breath fought and strangled in a creaking world of wood and dust, shadows...

By Kalpana Sarmah আজি  আহাৰৰ শেষ সপ্তাহ চলিছে। জুইৰ দৰে ৰ'দটোৱে চকু চাত মাৰি ধৰিছে!  দিনটোত বিজুলী সৰবৰাহৰ  কেইবাৰ যে অহা যোৱা। দেহ-মন যে...

By Nasiruddin Hamid THE winter winds howled through the snow-covered streets of Kulgam, a small town nestled in the Kashmir Valley. The...

By Prabir Kumar Datta Prologue :   Although this is a personal story of my childhood, it also reflects a unique history of the state of...

By Prabir Kumar Datta Rosy was lying motionless on an armchair in the balcony gazing at the late autumn afternoon sky where the setting...

By Prabir Kumar Datta In the early summer morning Sonia is sitting on a sofa in the balcony of her flat crafted with the rays of the...

By Bineet Dwivedy The flight was supposed to be simple . IndiSky Airways Flight 823  had taken off from Mumbai , headed to Paris , on the...

By Ruchira Banerjee The story of Chitrangada, gleaned from the Mahabharata’s “Adi  Parva”, in which, Tagore  sought to recast a mythical...

By Sanskriti Arora Mother hands the girl a Molotov Cocktail. It is her most cherished, homemade bomb. ‘Take good care of it,’ she says....

By Malvika Gautam “ And here it is!” Dharmendra slowed down near the entrance. Stepping out of the vehicle, he dusted his white uniform...

By Anamika It's October first.  10 O'clock in the morning.  Hello everybody. I know you didn't expect a voice suddenly ringing in your...

By Sathwik R    Note: Its a completely a fantasy story   Its third of sukhla pakasa which comes in may month every year , one of the...

By Zoe Palyekar Chapt's  1. The Orphanage 2. Class 7-1  3. An Abrupt Argument 4. Children Are Smart 5. Gadgets and Gizmos 6. Assembly  7....

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By Lakshmi R Menon The evening sky was afire with streaks of orange and crimson as Maya crouched behind the crumbling wall of the...