The Kid 55 Fiction I found a kid playing all alone in the cemetery one full moon night, ‘Aren’t you afraid of playing alone in the cemetery at night?’ He looked at me and then said, ‘Why should I be afraid when I’m another ghost just like you?’ ‘Oh, I’m too bad at recognizing one!’ …
Tag: Fiction
The Waves
The Waves 55 Fiction He stood at the sea shore. The sun was setting in the distant horizon. His eyes filled with tears remembering the painful past. The waves played with his feet gently, the same waves had become violent and heartless, and had taken away his loving parents many years back. And they had …
Strangers
Strangers 55 Fiction He ran towards the shady tree in the heavy downpour and saw her standing there. ‘Do you believe in love at first sight?’ ‘My mother warned me not to speak to strangers!’ The eight year old girl replied. ‘Friends are born out of strangers, isn’t it?’ The boy of ten asked her …
Bad Day
Bad Day 55 Fiction Anushree woke up late as the alarm failed to ring and missed her regular bus. So, she took an auto and rushed to her office. While walking on the payment, the heel of her slipper broke off. She cursed her luck and walked towards the crossing, and a speeding bus missed …
Matter of Love
Matter of Love 55 Fiction ‘I love you. I miss you and I can’t stay without you.’ He said, looking at her. ‘Oh, my parents will not agree for our match.’ She replied. ‘Why, not?’ He asked disappointed, nibbling nearby leaves in frustration. ‘You are still not so good looking caterpillar, while I’m a beautiful …
Table for Four
Table for Four 55 Fiction ‘Table for four,’ Father said to the waiter. The waiter blinked, rubbed his eyes and looked again. His daughter just sighed. ‘Don’t worry,’ His wife said smiling at the waiter, and held three fingers. ‘Your eye sight is perfectly fine. My husband has an imaginary son who is visible only …
Immortality
Immortality Two sentence stories The gentle wind blowing in through the window woke her up, as she found a small note written with blood on the bed which read : "A thing of beauty should last forever!". Then she saw two fang marks on the left side of her neck in the reflection of the …
Tears
Tears 55 Fiction My wife was crying sitting on a chair near the dinning table. I placed my hand upon her shoulder; she turned and looked at me with her eyes overflowing with tears. ‘Enough of crying! Now, get up!’ I said. ‘Let me do it!’ I said, taking her place with a knife, to …
Another Life
Another Life 55 Fiction He crawled out of his room which was filled with complete darkness. He had lost all his hope for a better tomorrow. Death is not the end, his father had said, once. With much struggle, he emerged out of his cocoon into the world once again, not as a caterpillar, but …
Hunger
Hunger 55 Fiction Hunger had overtaken her grief momentarily when she found that the waves had brought her a chocolate. Swetha grabbed it, tore open the cover and started munching the chocolate. Tears started rolling down her cheeks once again when she finished the bar, realizing the same waves had taken away her parents forever …
Paper boats 