The Wedding After The War
By Madhu Shruti Mukherjee in Poetry | Reads: 658 | Likes: 0
The Wedding after the War “Faster, you fool! Faster I say” In her wedding dress, bellowed Ms. Holloway. “I have no time; my lover’s coming back from the War We’ll get married today at that little chapel we both adore.” “How long does it take to gather daf  Read More...
Published on Apr 2,2020 07:43 PM
Scented Candles
By Adhithya GR in Thriller | Reads: 658 | Likes: 0
It feels like waking up from a Coma! Everything is so disoriented and my vision is skewed. I feel a sharp sting in my abdomen. I look down and all I see is a gash that looks like something blunt smashed across my ribs. My stomach is not as bloated as they usually seem. But what is that ringing noise  Read More...
Published on Apr 24,2020 10:29 AM
Short Story: A CO(W)UNTRY ISSUE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 656 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil Byy V.N.Giritharan ; English Translation From Tamil By Latha Ramakrishnan -As it was Sunday the road looked less crowded than usual. No traffic jam, either. Ponnaiya’s Honda Accord was creeping smoothly along St.Clair West. Driving a car during Sundays or holidays was Ponnai  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:07 AM
THOSE WILL BE THE DAYS
By Surendra Kumar Sagar in General Literary | Reads: 653 | Likes: 0
                                THOSE WILL BE THE DAYS And so, I opened at random a page from the newly acquired book ``The Critique of Pure Rea  Read More...
Published on Jun 14,2020 11:10 AM
A Choice
By parminder soni in General Literary | Reads: 650 | Likes: 0
        All times, tiniest too, remain somewhere inside. A little incident is enough to unravel the ashes from that memory lane. A tiny nudge, and hey presto, the memories come tumbling out like dice on a board.   All days in a home maker's life start in the usual manner. No  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 12:48 AM
Once I Went To The Bank....
By Vaishnavi T N in True Story | Reads: 646 | Likes: 0
When I was little I would receive pocket money from my dad occasionally, it was not a weekly or monthly thing. Once in high school in a burst of childish anger I told my parents that they were very bad people and that they didn’t love me because all my friends got their pocket money every week  Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 01:23 AM
First Date After Marriage
By Minal Tribhuwan in Romance | Reads: 644 | Likes: 0
After a hectic meeting Ashish took out his cellphone and dialled his learnt number. He told his colleague that he is going out for his lunch and will be back in an hour or so.., he was waiting at the first table of their chosen restaurant. His eyes were all glued to a thick 7mm glass. He was trying   Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 10:47 AM
The letter from the past
By Prabindh Sundareson in Fantasy | Reads: 639 | Likes: 0
"Cabin crew, prepare for lift off", the automated voice resounded through the cabin. It was the first week of Merch, the third in the season of the sun, 2045. He raised his eyebrows twice to signal his readiness to the VR goggles, and the soft body-belt bolted itself around him. The bright scenery o  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 03:26 PM
Text Message
By Bushra in Thriller | Reads: 639 | Likes: 0
It was a rainy night. I unlocked the front door of my house porch and made my way inside. "Great!" I whispered to myself. I was a complete mess. Who knew it would rain suddenly, it was totally uncalled for. I look down at myself and witness my wet clothes and muddy shoes. I decide to first fresh  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 07:01 PM
MY LOCKDOWN BATTENBURG CAKE
By Mousumi Biswas in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 636 | Likes: 0
MY LOCKDOWN BATTENBURG CAKE ( My entry for the 3rd phase of the contest )       It all began while I was waiting for my turn in the waiting room at the  doctor's   clinic  few months before the lockdown . I was  flipping aimlessly through the pages of a glossy  Read More...
Published on May 25,2020 06:32 PM
Batli-Paepurr
By Cindy Pereira in True Story | Reads: 631 | Likes: 0
About a year or two before my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she began to show small signs of it, forgetting obvious things, hiding food in uncommon places and almost always misplacing her rings, spectacles or her wrist watch, or something or the other. Quite naturally, as a result she  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 05:59 PM
A beautiful mansion
By Neema Kumari in General Literary | Reads: 631 | Likes: 0
In a soiled pant with torn pockets and stained shirts, he was walking past the most beautiful mansion in the town. Suddenly his feet stopped, and he turned his head towards his left to admire the beauty of the villa. Each corner of the wall was beautifully carved, and the designs were made with comp  Read More...
Published on Apr 25,2020 10:07 PM
What breaks, makes too
By priyanka rajpurohit in Poetry | Reads: 627 | Likes: 0
Why Togetherness is celebrated , And the Departures are hated? Why hello’s are adored, And why good-bye’s abhorred? Why staying brings deep smile, While leaving makes one revile? Those shedding leaves,that shooting star!  The half cut tree and the plucked flower, Every hold on is no  Read More...
Published on Jun 4,2020 05:19 PM
Resuscitation
By Sreeju B in Romance | Reads: 621 | Likes: 0
It was a warm sunny day. The sun paced amidst the cotton candy clouds. A swift breeze bounced on the car’s hood as it cut through the streets pulling its tail end through a hard curve. Behind the wheels, he remembered the first time he had pulled a hard corner in his car. It had ended up hitti  Read More...
Published on Apr 12,2020 06:41 PM
nirbhaya (adj.) the fearless one
By Misha in Poetry | Reads: 620 | Likes: 0
11 PM. The film was beautiful, He and I walk hand in hand, There is a storm coming, They always come by surprise, Starting with light rain, And then hit unexpectedly, Always leaving a huge wound, One that could take years to heal, I had no idea, That soon there would be a wound so vast, So powerful,  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 12:19 AM
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