The wind cut into his skin and grey skies pressed down on the rotting town, but at least he was home. The town changed a little every time he returned, but change was irreversible this time around. An earthquake had destroyed everything, including his parents’ house. His mother had survived, being pulled out in time … Continue reading Restart
The scroll of the screen continued even after she closed her eyes. Outside, the monitor is showing a straight line, and the doctor has pulled the sheet on her face, declaring death. There is a lot of turbulence inside her - unfulfilled wishes, unanswered questions, anger, resentment, desire to see how he world reacts to … Continue reading Turbulent
A crack like a gunshot pierced the frozen air and the ice broke. A few more followed, and the criminals were dead. They were accused of brutal rape, and public pressure to punish them fast was mounting. The nation celebrates. The police officers who executed the task are widely appreciated, congratulated and flowers sprinkled on … Continue reading Ice
Eden saw doubt in their trembling smiles, they never expected her to recover. She knew she will be shifted to a mental asylum soon. The family was already planning a life without her, rather a life without her bouts of insanity. She saw floating images from the past – moments of achievement, appreciation, happiness. There … Continue reading Asylum
He came down from the mountains as autumn aged, before the paths could pile with snow and the bridges bowed with ice. It was a transition from one world to another – he had to find new companions before hearts froze again. It took a long time to ignite the flame in closed confines, and … Continue reading Reminders in small packs
Carson pulled at his neck tie as the air became heavy with organ music and she approached clouded in white. He had not intended this farce to attain the grandeur he was seeing. It was a contract - a marriage being solemnised so that he gets his share of the inheritance. Being married was a … Continue reading Rethink
The woods waited for her, every day she passed the ancient sickly trunks, she felt the wind still with their bated breath. She used to be terrified. She could visualize the stark branches bending down to strangulate her, and her body getting embedded in the gnarled shapes of the trunks. She would neither be dead … Continue reading Her Gods
The elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor with a lurch. It was time to say goodbye to a dream. He would then cook a spartan meal, work on his part-time writing assignments and fall asleep with sheer fatigue on a tattered mattress. He planned to buy clean sheets and a pillow with this extra income next … Continue reading Cinderella
I liked the rush, I liked the crunch. Never did look back at the fallout. I had a crush I was so young For honesty, I never did scout I slipped in the slushbut I’m still youngand I still have a clout I learnt to count, now don’t blush I’m not so young- … Continue reading Not so young
The capitol grew rank in the summer heat, the humid streets clogged with sweating tourists and rats. They were all trapped in the same hole, after the announcement of sensitive political changes. Rescue teams were awaited to carry the tourists back home. Further entry of tourists was blocked, and airlines were instructed to refund full … Continue reading The old man
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