Dreaming 55 Fiction He saw the beautiful flowers in the paintings of the art gallery. It felt so real, so he closed his eyes to imagine he was there in that place, and he breathed. It was filled with fragrance of those lovely flowers… ‘I should be dreaming!’ He said. ‘No, you are inhaling my …
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Reality
Reality 55 Fiction "I can be real for you." She said, smiling mischievously, before vanishing between the pages of an unknown book. When I came back after attending an urgent phone call, the book was gone, arranged somewhere in the fiction section. I frantically searched for that particular book among thousands of books in the …
Time’s up!
Time's up! 55 Fiction "So you have come to take me and I have got just fifteen minutes.." Varun said, looking at the unearthly stranger sadly, "May I know how am I going to die?" "Your life had been a perfect thriller so far and I don't want to spoil the climax by revealing it …
The Picture in the Mobile
The Picture in the Mobile 55 Fiction 'With whom did you visit this place?' my friend asked, showing a pic from my mobile gallery. I was standing in front of a deserted building. 'You!' I said, pointing his shadow in the picture. 'When?' He asked, beginning to get scared. 'Last night, in my nightmare..' I …
Tania
Tania 55 Fiction Varun's eyes filled with tears remembering the wonderful memories he had with his friend, Tania. It was hard to believe that she was no more. 'Don't worry, son,' His father said, 'Tania would come back soon!' He gently placed Tania, his dead gold fish in the hole his father had dug in …
Worthless Money
Worthless Money 55 Fiction 'Please give us something to eat!' He pleaded. 'Sorry, I have nothing to give,' The other person said. 'Please take this money!' He said, taking out bundles of currency notes. 'What use is this paper now?' The farmer declined, walking away towards his barren land. The rich man stood staring with …
Reflections
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 …
Slap
Slap 55 Fiction He kissed on her soft cheek. But she slapped him hard on his face. ‘Why, dear?’ He asked quite puzzled. She showed her little palm, a blood stained mosquito was stuck on it. ‘So, papa..’ She said, kissing him on the place where she had slapped earlier. His face lit up with …
The Face
The Face 55 Fiction I woke up in the night to answer nature’s call. When I glanced at the bathroom mirror I was shocked, the face in mirror wasn’t mine….for sure! I moved my shaky fingers to feel the small scar on my left temple… and I could feel it.. The reflection in the mirror …
Mother
Mother 55 Fiction Every morning, they find her in the hallway, with her luggage. “My son is going to come to take me back home,” she tells the attendants at the old age home. They smile knowing that Alzheimer had taken toll on her memory. Her son had deserted her sometime back and never came …
Paper boats 