T Categories Fiction June, 2018 The Night Chores This story won the first prize in the prose competition of Alcheringa festival's Zephyr literary event.
T Categories Fiction June, 2018 The Chair This story won the third prize in the prose competition of Alcheringa festival's Zephyr literary event.
O Categories Fiction May, 2018 Oh, Cardinal Directions! You’ll be the father of nations. Genesis 17:4 I. Ginny listened for the door and keyless lock of her husband’s car, but Leonard Cohen heard..
T Categories Fiction May, 2018 The Last Message Parking next to her neighbour’s faded BMW, Arpita stepped out of her car and locked it. In her hand was a loaded carrier bag. She..
C Categories Fiction May, 2018 City of Coincidences Several days a week I would go to a little Internet café down under Avenue Mohammed V. I’d do my business, talk to Allal, pack..
G Categories Fiction May, 2018 Garlic Boy The screams and cries are loudest at night and aggravate the inmates who encourage the predators and fantasize about the fate of the prey. It..
F Categories Fiction April, 2018 Following Omar Thick clouds of snow had hovered over the valley for the past few weeks. Omar swung around his auto and parked outside the wooden awning..
T Categories Fiction April, 2018 THE RATTLER Chris Hartley, a tall, slim man, took a two-week vacation to escape his repetitive schedule. He drove his Honda sedan to a rented cabin in..
A Categories Fiction April, 2018 Ask Abhay Life is a strange animal. Full of surprises. One minute I am snoozing in my tattoo parlour in Hauz Khas the next thing I know..
M Categories Fiction March, 2018 Mustard Yellow Nanu, you’re already up? Kya bataun, the fear of bad tea wakes me up earlier than usual. That bad, nanu? No beta,..
T Categories Fiction March, 2018 This Is for Rosetta The hospital monitor beeped along as the ventilator breathed for Rosetta. Scottie had taken his sheriff’s hat off as soon as he entered the room..
C Categories Fiction February, 2018 Café Terrace The sun had just set as I walked through the narrow street in the crowded Mall Road towards Café Terrace. Couples walking hand in hand,..
C Categories Fiction February, 2018 Conspiracy of the Dragon July 31, 1914 Most Honorable Shining Sun: The Eagle Flies To The Sea, Waking The Bull Dog, To Join The Cock and Bear And Destroy..
T Categories Fiction January, 2018 The Animals Among Us by Blaze Bernstein This is a re-run of Blaze Bernstein’s short story which appeared in May 2015 issue of The Bangalore Review. He was only seventeen then, and..
E Categories Fiction January, 2018 Elgin in the Rains 1. The “Daily News”, thrown by the newspaper vendor made a “clat” on the narrow first floor veranda. Soham, who was sitting in front of..
O Categories Fiction January, 2018 Our Stopover in Santa Fe We arrived at Pisa International airport to find our charter jet waiting. Our favorite pilots Rick and Jeff were there to greet us. Each had..
N Categories Fiction January, 2018 No Place Like Home I drove home from the store, where I had stopped for a pound of coffee, when I noticed a garage sale. A short fat Indian..
T Categories Fiction December, 2017 Tonight in San Pedro This time Carmen’s late even by local standards. I’m waiting as the bar starts to fill up. We’re waiting for the nightclubs to open, women..
L Categories Fiction December, 2017 Lying Sideways “School out already?” I ask. “The fish was lying sideways in my class.” “Yeah?” “A kid at school said it’s normal.” “Huh.” “He said fish..
D Categories Fiction November, 2017 Deliria…as.is I opened my eyes very slowly; afraid that a dazzling light would hit my censored vision and drown me in pools of dark water, the..
R Categories Fiction October, 2017 Relief Patterns, June 1952 Relief Patterns, June 1952 Seismic gap: A segment of an active fault zone that has not experienced a major earthquake during a time period when..
T Categories Fiction October, 2017 The Case of the VIP Towels I “Shit, jana padega. There’s been a break-in in some MLA’s house. Tell me Begum Sahiba, why does this happen every time we have a..