Flash Fiction Story – A Pink Balloon

A child's blue sneakers and a pink balloon

Reading Time: 2 minutes She was there. And then she wasn’t. Ten seconds, and my world had changed, forever. The horror. No words can explain it. I shouldn’t have let go of her tiny hand. But she wanted a pink balloon. She… Read More

Flash Fiction Story – An Anniversary Gift

Two hikers standing on a mountain cliff

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s hard to have happy thoughts when you know that you’re dying. Also, I still haven’t gotten over my wife’s death. She fell off a cliff four days ago, plunging to her death. She couldn’t have survived. I… Read More

Flash Fiction Story – The Village Bride

golden red bangles lying on a red wedding saree

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I will be married, and the entire village is invited. Is that why my mother cries? I have seen her wet cheeks and swollen eyes. Yet she pretends it’s the dusty wind that bothers her. Is she… Read More

Flash Fiction Story – My Lovely Lady

stone statue blowing into conch shell

Reading Time: 2 minutes She’s so beautiful that I want to stare at her every minute of the day. How do I explain such exquisiteness? Her eyes. The windows to her soul. They follow me. When I walk, sit, or just lay… Read More

Flash Fiction Story – No Longer His Girlfriend

wooden coffin in a funeral home

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m the girlfriend. Or was. He’s dead now. There was a funeral. I wasn’t invited. We lived together, laughed together, doing everything a normal couple was expected to do. He was twenty years older. So what. I was… Read More

Flash Fiction Story – Hands Up!

Close up of hand pointing gun

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

FLASH FICTION STORY: Those Unforgiving Eyes

Close-up of man with intense stare

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ten fingers, ten toes, twenty reasons to avoid his gaze. I counted them with care, assuming he would tire and leave me to my eccentricities. But he waited, a wolfish greed gleaming in his eyes, marking its territory… Read More

Goodbye Sweet January

Reading Time: 2 minutes Flash fiction is a piece of writing short on words but bursting with energy.

Am I allowed to be a Versatile Writer?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Versatile writing is a quality that can be developed. Never doubt the ability of a writer’s creativity.

A newbie to writing: the emojis say it all!

eggs in a carton that are painted like emojis

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s great to want to do something special in life, and be someone who is noticed and appreciated. Many people work towards traditional goals while others pursue their passion. Nothing is right, and nothing is wrong…it’s about choosing… Read More

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