Stories Galore

It was another hot day. The heat had dulled her senses, yet her hands moved mechanically.  “Mummy, it’s so damn hot, the AC’s…

Ms. Sharon hesitated before entering the class. It was her first day as a substitute teacher. She murmured a prayer and put up…

His warm breath fogged the windowpane, blurring his view. Across the glass was a different world – a world filled with variety. It…

Knock knock “Who’s there?” No one responded Knock-knock-knock Coming…coming what makes people so impatient that they can’t even wait for two minutes? Riva…

“Oui ma,” Radha shrieked, pulling the thorn that pricked her bare foot. The streets of Delhi were not only cold, but harsh and…

‘Ouch!’ a newcomer’s histrionics disturbed my slumber. ‘Why did you scream?’ I was in no mood to welcome this visitor with a song.…

Lana sat on the leather couch, dazed, staring at the yellow and green lines going up and down; scared to look away, even…

Zeenat felt a fiery rage exploding within her. An equally stunned reporter was screaming on the news channel. ‘Blood hell!’  Cursing under her…

The bright yellow building was glowing aglow, not just because of the fresh paint. It was something else! Ms. Annie, the head-teacher, paused…

An ominous hooting pierces through the woods as I jerk up awake, “Ama?” a grim silence greets me. “Where are you?” Patting the…