Category: short story

  • Time

    Time

    Rules are simple- Write a story, complete in itself. Check spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Copy and paste your Story URL to the inLinkz list. The story should be up to 250 words. Add this line < #TellTaleThursday with Anshu & Priya > at the end of the post. Read, comment and share – spread the…

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  • My Bucket-list

      Six months ago, I found out that I was dying. I experienced frequent and irregular palpitation and uneasiness. My preliminary medical tests showed abnormalities. When doctors conducted myriad of tests, I sensed something was wrong. Yet, I denied the reality till the day doctor in his sugar-coated language and in insignificant medical term informed…

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  • The Blue Shoes

        I’m Ron, a travel blogger. This is the story about the best picture I ever clicked. I was at the Juvia beach in Miami, last month.  I was looking for a perfect shot for my travel blog. The azure sky was adorned with few clouds. The setting was perfect with natural light.  I didn’t…

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  • Shh.. Sleuth is Hunting

    She asked Tom to help her with a towel and some clothes. Tom looked happy to leave the gruesome crime scene and hurried towards the bedroom. Anna followed him. “I’m sorry for your loss Mr Smith. She seemed like a lovely lady”, Anna took the advantage of the situation and asked subtly. “She was, indeed.…

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  • The Quiet Room

    The quietness is too much for me to bear. I can hear the ‘sound of silence’.  I  can hear my salvia in my mouth.  I can hear my heart-beat. My heart is pumping blood really fast. I hear the sound of gushing blood in the veins and arteries, which I never thought were audible. I don’t even…

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  • Parallel Universe

    She looked at Mohit, trying to see the love that was there in his black eyes a year ago. Where did it vanish? Every morning, she hoped for the lost love in those eyes. Has he changed, his love changed or perhaps she had changed. He, probably, couldn’t love her any more. Yes, she has…

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  • Mia of Maya

    Year- AD 910 Place: Rhea My name is Mia. My father was a sculptor and used to make stelae. A sculptor in Mayan civilization was a skilled worker, treated as an artist and was given due respect. I learned from him how to engrave on the stones. I held the chisel in my hands ever…

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  • Jigsaw Puzzle

    It was Ari’s Birthday. She didn’t have a family. Ever since she recollected, she was solitary. She grew up in foster homes which she loathed. She graduated, without any friends. So when she got a courier, she didn’t know who would send it to her. She took the parcel from the distribution boy. She probed…

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  • Geisha

    She wasn’t the typical cake-faced Geisha. Kira was the most enigmatic, mysterious woman. She was ethereal, self-educated and interested to learn about the world. Her mellifluous voice was the gift from God. She was born to the Geisha of Oari, the most popular Geisha of her time, who was abandoned by her Danna. Mother could…

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  • Banon’s Conundrum

    As the Sun rises on 3018, the premier leaders (all female) of 180 planets of the universe congregate at Sayuri Jima off erstwhile Japan. While they bask in the first ray of the dawning Sun, they plan their mission ‘Alpha’ to stop males from waging war at one another’s planets. It is ironical that all…

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