Short Stories
Turbulence at 30000 ft
As she watched the dials before her go haywire, Margaret panicked. As she tried to steady the aircraft, her old instincts kicked in. She took a deep breath to calm her fluttering heart. She maneuvered the yoke, to first steady the aircraft to fly with a single engine and then maintain the aircraft at an uniform altitude.
The Undead
Who am I? I am just a cemetery, tasked with hugging the bones of departed souls. Today I have a story to tell. One day, they brought the body of a dead woman. Poor Annette, they whispered. Died due to a prolonged fight with Typhoid, poor soul. As they laid her body on...
The kicks
#ArtoonsInn #Five00-23 I stood at the airport, watching them walk away, not knowing when or if I'd see them again. As this thought crossed my mind, I had already decided that I was not going to see them again. Fools. And imbeciles. These were the only words which came...
The boy soldier
12 years old Ayush looked dashing in the camouflaged uniform. His mother, Urvashi, pulled him towards her. “May no evil eye fall on you ever. Here, that should protect you from the evil gaze.” With that, she put a spot of kajal just behind his left ear. Rolling his...
Tooth F-hairies
I reached the dental clinic with a spring in my step and an extra bounce in my fast depleting hair, such was my enthusiasm. My wife had insisted on accompanying me for this visit to the dentist, being concerned about my mental balance. After all, this was the first...
The Saviour
I put the fear of God into these bi-pedalled monsters who trespass into my domain and mess up with me. However, one look at me results in violent shrieks and terror attacks in them though they usually come with their dangerous fire-spewing arms which they call guns....