neelwrites/gamechanger/shortstory/1890words/reena’sexplorationchallenge/02/09/2017

What would you do, if you knew that you could not fail?

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Dear friends/readers/colleagues/wellwishers

This is my first real attempt at a regular short story (upwards of 1800 words).

I most humbly request you to kindly read it and give your most valuable feedback so that it helps me go forth and write more such ‘longer’ short stories.

I eagerly await your positive comments.

Thanks,

Neel Anil Panicker

THE GAME CHANGER

By Neel Anil Panicker

It could have been ages but Nikhil had no inkling of time as his eyes lay transfixed onto the object in front of him.

Ensconced between a row of shelves, wedged between two thick books on the top shelf of the Non-Fiction section lay his object of attention: a brand new mobile phone.

Nikhil’s pulse rates skyrocketed, and he broke out in…