Reflections 55 Fiction 'How do I look like?' I asked a nurse, waking up from coma on the hospital bed. 'See yourself!' She said, handing me a mirror. I dropped the mirror on bed seeing a dog's reflection and explained her. She picked it up to see and I got still more scared seeing a …
Month: April 2018
At The Knife Point
A Short Story Jessica opened the door opposite to that of the driver's seat of her car to keep her things. She felt a sharp object against her back. She thought it should be a knife. "Get in!" He whispered into her ear. They got into her car and she started driving. Her heart started …
Departed
A Short Story Shyam sat on the edge of his bed holding the picture of his wife, Riya and eight year old daughter, Anushree. He had tears in his eyes, which started over flowing on his cheeks. It was because of the unfortunate accident which took them away from him forever. He would never be …
The Stranger on the Road
A Short Story Rahul was driving in his car, listening to the music of A.R Rahman in an isolated road on a hill station. There were only trees and bushes on either side of that road and nothing else. He was driving through the middle of the forest. When the car turned a bend he …
Lonely at Heart
A Short Story Rahul walked, thinking about what had happened to him. He loved her so much. But she left him for someone who had more money and property than him. "It's so stupid," He said to himself, "that the girls go for boys with money and boys for girls with beauty. Why should I …
Like the dreams built on the drifting clouds
A Short Story It was a hot summer afternoon. The fan hung from the ceiling with its three blades moving slowly in a circle. He sat on the easy-chair, with a book on his lap, looking at the fig tree through the window. He remembered what had happened sometime back. He had sold their old …
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Someone knocking
Two Sentence Story He heard someone knocking while sleeping, he got up and found no one outside the bedroom door. When he laid down to sleep, his heart started beating fast realising that the knock was coming from under his bed.
The Door
Two Sentence Story The bedroom door creaked open, and he woke up with a start as he remembered to have bolted the door before going to sleep.
Joker’s Mask
Two sentence story He wasn't able to pull off the joker's mask from his face. The scary thing was the malicious joker took control his mind every night.
The Hand
Two Sentence Story All he remembered was reaching out to a protruding hand from his mirror that night. The next thing he realized was that he was trapped inside a coffin which was buried deep inside a grave.