Blood and Bones…
/…right after the great Bengal famine, in the waning days of the British Bengal era. Aarav woke up with his usual headache and was nailing religious posters to the wall when, suddenly, his mum screamed…
By Anagh Datta
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Sweet Revenge
/…a few minutes after walking into my apartment, I put my luggage down near the closet in the hall. Heading into my dining room, I glanced over at the telephone and saw my answer machine light…
By Nioma Strength
Read MoreChristmas In July
/When a wintry night…
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…midway between the seventh and eighth month, a winter snap visited the peacefully divided border…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreAn Antsy Message
/…not as smart as I think, but on a starry night when I looked up at the sky from this tiny rock in this desolate universe, the only two questions that hit me and my species were…
By Ranjit Kulkarni
Read MoreThe Captain And...
/Princess Lida is selected to perform at the village school annual talent show and Captain Prince Paulie assumes duties behind the piano
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A few weeks ago, Princess Lida received notice, she was selected to participate in the annual talent show down at the Village School. Being televised…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreThe Write Place
/…flaked out on the sofa, scribbling away in his note-book. His wife, Abbie, was curled up next to him, watching a reality TV show, while he worked on his latest short story. Later on they would…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreBefore The Blood Clots
/…into the mysterious encounter between Aryan and Vidya…
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Aryan parked his car in the basement of a pub. It was a Saturday night, and he proceeded to have three shots of Jägermeister while waiting for his blind date…
By Anagh Datta
Read MoreLove Knocks
/…changed into her pajamas for the evening, as she did every evening after work. When depression ravaged Michelle’s senses, she crawled into bed, as she said it was evening…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreRoy Robinson Oxley’s...
/A Christian’s indoctrination…
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... days a week, 14 hours a day to keep the colony clean with that promise of a better future drilled into him, one filled with holy happiness and a heavenly afterlife. With no sanitation union coming to his support, he worked…
By CraigE
Read MoreDearly Departed
/…unfamiliar keys to let himself into his grandmother’s house. Her funeral had been a week ago. It was time to make a start on clearing out the terraced house she had lived…
By Chris Platt
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