A Walk Gone Wrong

“One moment she was here and the next, she was gone poof! That’s exactly how our 5 year old vanished.” sobbed the mother. At a first glance it looked like a typical case of kidnapping for a ransom so they decided to wait for the phone call with thumping hearts! The call never came, she…

A Robbery

With silent steps he entered the room from the terrace. “That was some climbing, I better workout regularly or I’ll be out of business.” he thought to himself. Moving inside with carefully planned steps he came across what he was looking for, a diamond ring. It lay next to the girl, the would be bride….

The Master

“What a player I am, in control of everything” he would say “Use one against the other and you have it all in your pockets”. Smart he was, his knowledge of how mind games work has always helped him. From a nobody to a painful dictator, his rise was a steep one. Like puppies he…

Behind The Closed Door

“Have you heard about the new couple in the society?” asked an over excited neighbor. “The one that always stays behind closed doors?” chirped another one. They giggled at their knowledge of a young ‘in love’ pair and hurriedly got back to their ‘innocent’ selves. The news about the fiery romance of the couple had…

Fool’s Day

There once lived a lad in a small town with no one but his dad. Sharing his birth with his mother’s death, he grew up hearing words bitter. A drunk father waiting with whips and sticks, his everyday welcome! Years of emotional torture weakened him to the core. Just then a ray of hope glistened…

Rising From The Beyond

8 years it has been, 8 long years of lying under layers of sand. In wait of this one answer, he still breathes within his dead self. But this night was different, with thunder and rain at their most wrathful self the night welcomed a bad news. Going against the fury of nature, they came…

The Iron Gate

Each day she looked at that tall iron gate as she went about selling pens on the street. She looked at the gate as a barrier between her and a life of luxury, a life of comfort and immense happiness. With longing in her eyes she would look at the gate covering the huge bungalow,…