Almost A God – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes I left home with no intention of returning. An empty house doesn’t qualify as a home, bricks and wood don’t talk to you. The only voices I heard were in my head. Their unkindness will die with me…. Read More
I Only Say MEOW – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every time I open my mouth, I regret doing so. Apparently, I have no communication skills. All the money spent by my parents on the finest schools, a sheer waste. If they were still alive, I would’ve broken… Read More
Two Left Feet – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes I have two left feet, three left arms, and a non-functioning lobe in the left side of my brain. Sounds sad? It’s more embarrassing. My mother was horrified, my father was unconcerned, my younger brother rubbed salt in… Read More
A Family Man – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes The man in the oversized cap looked at me as if something were missing. ‘Where’s your family?’ I couldn’t get away with a lie. ‘It’s just me.’ If the ship hadn’t been sinking, the man would’ve given me… Read More
The Hypochondriac – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes I sat twiddling my thumbs. My foot shook like it was determined to fall off. This was my fourth visit to the doctor in nine days. It excluded my ambulance ride to the emergency room. Turned out to… Read More
My Only Child Hope – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes I had brought her home on a wet monsoon day. Her new, tender body wrapped in blue. It was my favorite color. I named her Hope. She would eliminate the darkness. She smelled of powder and lavender. Her… Read More
Killer Kanha Came Calling – Short Story
Reading Time: 5 minutes She often wondered whether time had taken a wrong turn and left her stranded in a dark abyss. His face drifted in front of her, mostly in her dreams, always out of her reach. When awake, she couldn’t… Read More
Mama Is My Savior
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mama says if I want to see God, I have to go to church every Sunday morning. But I think she’s mistaken. Because all I ever see is a fat preacher yelling about the devil and us sinners…. Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Hands Up!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hands up! That’s all I had to say. My brother Manu made me practice it a hundred times. Or was it a thousand times? I can’t count. What do I know? Manu says I’m a simpleton. Papa called… Read More
Goodbye Sweet January
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flash fiction is a piece of writing short on words but bursting with energy.
