100 word stories

There was not a single customer in the shop. The painstaking efforts in arranging the swatches and rolling the samples of fabric appeared to be going unnoticed. Anna was an ace fashion designer, and could do wonders with fabric. I could not decipher why samples of the finished products were not on display. She could … Continue reading Unknown doors

He barely managed to park his car in the narrow, crowded street and step out on the sidewalk. A few young faces acknowledged his celebrity status and asked for selfies. Some others just threw curious glances at him, and moved on. He secretly wished that the pictures would go viral, and the residents of that … Continue reading Just that one

The CEO of the topmost bank in the country, who was hailed as an achiever by feminists finds herself embroiled in an ugly controversy. Her husband is found guilty of misusing her position to further his own business interests. An offbeat filmmaker, who has won laurels for her offbeat films, files for divorce after her … Continue reading Intertwined

An auditor’s job has never been easy. One has to raise the right objections, make the right recommendations and not leave any point untouched. There could be pressure to keep the warts concealed from public view. I believe in professional ethics, and writing each word of the audit report was a challenge in that organization. … Continue reading Closure

I repeatedly dreamt of a half-formed figure calling out to me, from behind a glass wall. I couldn’t decipher if the figure was male or female, but asked it to come out and meet me. “Can’t you see I am not complete?” “Let me see what constitutes you. Light, wind or solid matter….” “Maybe all … Continue reading Behind a glass wall

My wife’s parents are spending the summer with us. Our daughters are now teenagers who lead their own lives, and don’t care much about parents hanging around with them on weekends. Yet, the old man cannot refrain from sharing a bit of advice. “You two should not be spending so much time at the movies. … Continue reading Back then

She googled words like effusive, delirious, and wondered what it would feel like to be there. Will she have the freedom to break something accidentally in her own house, and not be reprimanded for it? Will she go to bed thinking that another day could be better? She did not feel the lack of anything … Continue reading Depressed

The old man smiled at his favorite son, in half-conscious state, mind de-capacitated by dementia. He looked at his late wife’s picture and said, “She did a good job of raising the children. They are my ‘diamonds’.” He died a few hours later, without knowing that the tenderness he saw was merely the professional bedside … Continue reading Diamonds

Puffy, fluffy monstrosities in the shape of clouds swooped on Planet Earth. The grey devils carried within them an overload of evil, ready to rain on the world, and inject the poison into the world constitution. The Earth used to receive these lethal outpourings in small doses, but the mind-sets of its denizens gradually changed. … Continue reading Denizens of Darkness