by Pratik Mainali The man’s uneven step echoed off the buildings like a metronome keeping time as he went along the dark, desolate street. He was a tall, slender man with eyes that glowed like stars at night. As he reached the alley, he heard a faint sound like to […]
Fiction
The Beige Sneakers
by Dinesh Maurya Tithi lived on her own in a studio flat quite a distance away from the immigration consultancy firm where she worked as a visa counsellor. She hurtled on her scooter every day to travel back and forth through the congested lanes of Old Delhi except on off-days […]
The Call of the Dead
by Pratik Mainali When her phone suddenly rang in the middle of the night, the young woman was startled awake. Her sleepiness showed in the grogginess of her response. “Hello?” Has Sarah called? The other party’s voice questioned in a tone as icy as a December evening. Sarah felt a […]
The Strange Experience
by Pratik Mainali When I found myself lost in the empty streets of a sleepy little town, it was the middle of a rainy night and the sky was gloomy. The wind was howling like a pack of wolves, and the rain was falling in sheets, soaking me to the […]
Emotional Curiosity
by Yuan Changming He doesn’t know how curiosity can kill a cat, but he’s acutely aware of how it’s killing himself. Ever since she first asked him What do you like me about? when they fell in love again after they’d lost each other for nearly half a century, he’s […]
Life
by Vivek Kumar My name is “Levi Alexander” a stupid, stubborn man.. I am a man who lost everything, I wasn’t a good son 6 November 2019.. It’s time, I threw out everything I had in my life. 10 November 2019.. It’s time, I realized what I’ve been missing. 10 […]
Bad Blood
by Cheryl Snell “Kumar hates all business” declares the beautiful Jaya. We are in my kitchen, heads bowed over a bowl of okra, on the second day of my sister-in-law’s first visit. She and her husband have come so far after so long to see me for themselves: the blonde […]
Reverse Universe Part 1
by Revanth Reddy Concept (meeting the other planet people) Sense 1: indoor spaceship Five people travel on a spaceship to find another planet, it is full of darkness. nothing appears Sense 2: indoor research centre One (John) of them thinking about how it was started. They started this journey to […]
The Mullet Fish
by Pragnya Dasgupta “Maach… Katla maach, rui maach, parshe…”(Fish… Katla fish…rohu…mullets) “Nokul, ei Nokul… edike shon” (listen here)… “Darao boudi, Mukherjee der peti ta diyei ashi” (Wait till I deliver the belly pieces of the fish to the Mukherjee.) Now, if you have wondered that the negotiations were in the […]
Unlike Everyone Else
by Tiyasha Khanra I had a Sylvia kind of depression. I thought the world is colorful. But I never realised how pale I am. I am no less than Sylvia. Life made me realise that love isn’t chocolate and roses, that you give someone every time you court him/her. Rather, […]