Fire of Hell

The message accompanying a snapshot of the road … “I believe in the Devil now. The Fire of Hell burns beneath this road, and melts the snow. The size of the puddle increases gradually. I am terrified.” My reply: “Is it snowing in Sulfur Springs?” (243 characters)     Twittering Tales #65  

Latent Force

She was not very popular among the locals. She spent a lot of time on the shore, looking wistfully at the ships, and fantasizing about being on board. She would swim on calm waters to reach there, but the uncertainty of the journey and destination stopped her in her tracks. Where would the journey take … Continue reading Latent Force

Flash Fiction: The Visceral

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This was me before I was born, a mold and its transparent material. I was viscous with the ability to change my scent, I still hold that ability but only with the help of external influences. I grew in my mother’s womb in this form but I have the potential, informed by my own experiences and countless others that aren’t immediately comprehensible to me, to be more.

As I re-member the many memories materializing with every trigger hitherto strange and unknown to me, I dive deeper into a wonderful existence, an amalgam of both imagined and real – since the imagined wouldn’t be available to me unless it had been real at some time.

This tantalizing game of hide-and-go-seek drives my need to study words – since they hold footprints from several centuries of civilizations. I prefer to view myself as this adventurer of mind – always an empty…

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TOP 10 of 2017 On My WordPress Blog

The Stats section has been an eye-opener. It is more about the distribution, than the format or quality. Lessons learnt for 2018.... The most viewed posts are reproduced below. 1. THANE CREEK BRIDGE Neha Kulkarni was a regular commuter in the ladies’ compartment, on the 9.17 pm Ambarnath local  from Dadar to Kalyan. She worked … Continue reading TOP 10 of 2017 On My WordPress Blog

Addicted to Success

New Year Resolutions are a quaint custom, that people have stopped trusting, but still continue to follow. Social media has a ball with circulation of jokes and gentle nudges on this topic. Where did the custom originate ? Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects … Continue reading Addicted to Success

Forecast

I peeped over my daughter’s shoulder to see the ink drawing she was working on, using her fingers and a thin pen. “It is turning out well, Alice, but where have you seen these spiral lamps before?” Alice sounded worried, “These are electromagnetic coils where the turns are not supposed to touch without insulation. I … Continue reading Forecast