Creep
By Laboni Chatterjee in Thriller | Reads: 761 | Likes: 0
She lay with her cheek upon on the wet stone of the bar top, her fingers lightly caressing her drink. The lights lining the bar counter were waltzing into and away from each other in a macabre frenzy. Her eyes were running after them, now so close yet so painfully far. Every time she blinked, they c  Read More...
Published on May 9,2020 11:19 AM
Not another dead body
By godavar in Crime | Reads: 746 | Likes: 0
He got out of work with the usual mix of fatigue and frustration. The project his team was working on was already overdue and overbudget, and there was no clarity on its future. He checked his phone's clock - too late to head to the gym again. The last office shuttle was also gone, which meant anoth  Read More...
Published on Apr 6,2020 08:22 PM
A Tale Untold
By Anushka Chatterjee in General Literary | Reads: 738 | Likes: 0
Master Mahesh, a sturdy man of fifty, had mastered the virtue of patience. The insignificance of his frivolous youth had cultivated in him, the value and need of it. “When best used, patience does wonders,” once taught his mother. Thus he glanced at his cracked wristwatch, mopped the dro  Read More...
Published on Apr 22,2020 10:15 AM
She
By reenasha in Poetry | Reads: 735 | Likes: 0
Emigrate out of the claustrophobic cage- ’cause You’re not a slave anymore Break down the chains tied to your legs and hands- ’cause You’re not a prisoner anymore Open up the pent up anger and rage- ’cause You’re not a spectator anymore Spread your wings and fly b  Read More...
Published on Mar 25,2020 07:11 PM
The Missing Stapler
By Simran Raina in Thriller | Reads: 726 | Likes: 0
With his second visit to Simr’s place, commemorated the memory of Simr’s missing stapler that Simr saw in his hands for the last time, during his first visit one year back. That time Simr was packing his stuff as was moving out to the new accommodation. And somewhere this stapler got mis  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 06:49 PM
The Lakeshore Murderer
By Payal Arun in Mystery | Reads: 705 | Likes: 0
Samuel Erickson was getting old, he was one of the most famous non-fiction writers of America and was a wealthy man in his late sixties. Living at California just added to his creative talent and his wife Marie Ericksson lived with him in a plush apartment. At fifty she was still a woman full of cha  Read More...
Published on Apr 19,2020 08:55 AM
Do Not Resuscitate
By Suvajit Roy in General Literary | Reads: 682 | Likes: 0
Sunday evenings can get very quiet in the hospital, especially, on the fifth floor. They call the fifth floor the palliative care and wellness unit but, Satyaki knew it is where they keep the terminal patients. Strangely enough, the beeping of monitors and the occasional opening and closing of the e  Read More...
Published on Jun 12,2020 05:50 PM
என்னவளே
By Gopinath Samikkannu in Poetry | Reads: 620 | Likes: 0
என்னவளே  ஓ தென்றலே  கொஞ்சம் மெதுவாக வீசு  என்னவள் வருகிறாள் …   ஓ மலரே  என்னவளிடம் கடனாக  பெற்றாயோ  உ  Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 03:54 AM
THE LOCKDOWN…!!!
By Pratik P Sharda in Crime | Reads: 615 | Likes: 0
It was around 8:30 p.m. on the night of 24th of March’20. I was still at office, working my ass off. It was the financial closure month for us accountants. I worked at a small FMCG company as their Finance Manager. Suddenly, my colleague, Smit, came to my desk, “Dude, did you watch the   Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 02:47 AM
Tragedies
By Vikalp Joshi in General Literary | Reads: 593 | Likes: 0
Dear person who finds this letter, 8000 metres above sea level and 28 degree celsius below zero, my smart watch says. I say, it’s been 17 days 8 hours and 16 minutes since I left home because it haunted me after she left that morning. I know she loved mountains and so I am here, hoping to meet  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 06:57 PM
June
By Fiona Thomas in Poetry | Reads: 589 | Likes: 0
Where days are longer And nights are just right Where school books get replaced With tales of fiction and delight And she goes home, a home like no other No limit on treats, one after another. Palms and coconuts, ducks and chickens Ice-cream and lemonade, cuddles of grandmother The scorching sun s  Read More...
Published on Jun 4,2020 04:15 PM
Things won’t get back to normal
By Keya Sampat in General Literary | Reads: 580 | Likes: 0
I really hope things don’t go back to normal. I hope things get better. I know things will get better. Your neighbourhood will be such a friendly place. You sang and danced together. How will you not smile and wave when you see each other? You will be more kind towards people with limited need  Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 12:58 PM
The Shell Shock
By Yashika Sakhrani in War Story | Reads: 576 | Likes: 0
Hans ran towards the trenches, dug all the way from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps. The bullets and metallic shells seemed to be falling down from the heavens. His muddy legs and rifle weighed him down, yet he continued to run.  He dove, head first, into the muddy trenches. The mud smeared his  Read More...
Published on Jun 10,2020 04:35 PM
Love self
By Lisha Patnaik in Poetry | Reads: 572 | Likes: 0
She lost herself  Little by little, In search of warmth  Her heart filled With agony of laughter, Her owns spilled Words of fear Of being left out Love being not around Never finding it again. It’s not a person A concept of whom She built in heart That didn’t get fulfilled. If   Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 03:05 PM
Silent whispers
By Payal Arun in Thriller | Reads: 562 | Likes: 0
The novel was out in the market and it had made a lot of buzz as the author was new and  feminine and the crime scene was set. The author was a lady in mid thirties or early forties and her four books were published. Her stories revolved around the biggies of the entertainment industry and alwa  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 10:30 PM
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