THE END OF LUCK

Vibha was brought into the world in a rich family, and in any event, when she was of just an adolescent age, she would get pocket money of ₹ 5,000 each and every week! Shockingly, despite the fact that she was accustomed to going through loads of cash, she actually figured out how to save some of it into her investment funds each month. Vibha was likewise used to giggling at impoverished individuals, and the disaster that has hit them.   She generally had all that she required and imagined Read more…

THE GOLD COIN OF HARD WORK

Ranjan, living in the village of Tahfir, had reached the age of 25. Most of his friends around the same age were already working in various companies, self-standing on their legs. However, Ranjan had no commitment to the work he did. Some of his friends had already married too. To know about his marriage, Ranjan went to his father, Ashok. With his usual indolent attitude, he assured himself that his father would agree to whatsoever he said. However, when Ranjan raised the topic about his marriage before his father, he Read more…

WHAT IF THERE IS NO SOUND AT ALL FOR A MONTH…

Kim sat down on his chair, watching some random YouTube videos on his phone. Yeah, late evenings after work are all supposed to be relaxing. But all of a sudden, the sound of the phone turned off, all by itself.    Kim tapped his finger on the screen, checked the volume, but everything was okay. He clicked off from the video, perceiving that he was watching them for a long time anyway. When he got up and started walking, he suddenly realized that he couldn’t hear his footsteps. There was silence…everywhere.  Read more…

THE REAL TRUTH

Long ago, a Saint was living in the Himalayas. He was busy performing a puja before Goddess Kali. When he was about halfway into it, a goat hurried by. And running behind the goat was a butcher. The goat soon picked up the pace and was out of sight.   The Saint saw with an intention on what the butcher was going to do next. He examined around, but there weren’t any footprints left behind by the goat.    Not intending to waste more time, the butcher looked at the Read more…

ALL ALONE

Sarah and I had been texting each other for a week now. I was just watching my phone on my bed at quarter to nine when she sent me a picture of her sitting on a chair without a caption. I didn’t bother to examine the picture and answered the message saying, “What’s up?”   Sarah sent another similar image with a caption that read: “Nothing much. You?”     I wasn’t actually doing anything and didn’t feel like faking something, so I took my time to examine the identical Read more…

WHAT IF THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY FOR A MONTH…

Noah sat on his sofa, doing multitasking work of both sipping coffee and watching YouTube on his mobile. Nothing in the world bothered him in the late afternoons—not even his work. As the afternoon seemed to pass peacefully as usual, his mobile went off. All of a sudden!   Noah seemed startled. “What the…” He tapped on the screen several times.   No response.   He long pressed the power button.   Still no effect.   He tried to charge his phone by plugging in the charger.   No result.   Read more…

THE VILE FLIGHT

Captain Hayden propelled back and forth in the airplane, checking each seat with attentiveness. He heard sounds and looked through the window. The airport shuttle bus had just arrived! He went to crew rest compartments and primed the air hostesses to enter the passengers. And in just a few minutes, everyone was on board.   The plane was supposed to start its flight from Sri Lanka to India at 8 pm, but some maintenance concerns delayed the flight by almost an hour. And this visibly resulted in turmoil with the Read more…

INTENTIONS

Maron and Maria were studying in seventh grade in the same school. Maria used to do all the work given to her with great care, making her one of the most liked students in the class. Maron however was quite a naughty guy. Even though he did the work given to him well, he had a habit of spoiling the work of his friends and having fun.   One day at school, each of the students was given a sapling and asked to plant it in the school garden. All Read more…

THE AGGRESSIVE FELLOW

“No one beats me,” said Ryder with a laugh. “Don’t you dare challenge me!” His loud crackle burst into flames of laughter.   The whole class was standing in the ground area, waiting for their new P.E. Sir to arrive. As it was getting hotter in the sun minute by minute, the boys had decided to play a game. And the result was obvious; it was Ryder who had won the game, the same Ryder whom the class called ‘The Aggressive Fellow’.   After the win though, no one dared Read more…

WHAT IF SOMEONE IS FILMING YOU…

Marcus was a wonder kid. And he had this title not because he was wonderful, but because he was always wondering.   One day, he had a sudden thought if he was actually being filmed. At first, he was quite frustrated about being telecasted without his permission, but when he realized thousands of people were turning on their televisions just to watch him, he felt kind of great.   Whenever Marcus felt his life was getting boring, he would do something unique and usually dumb to entertain whoever was watching Read more…

ROOM 16

It was the time of evening, and I was coming home from my friend’s party. I was feeling very, VERY tired at that time, so I thought I’d wait and rest at a hotel near the village. The hotel was normal and didn’t seem any big, but for some reason, it seemed creepy.   After check-in, I got my room number and key. My room number was 21.   I walked along the hallway. When I was going through the different rooms, I heard the sound of a girl screaming. Read more…

NEGLECTION

Not quite a long time ago, there was a girl named Aadhya. She was very mischievous and was sometimes mean to her friends, parents, relatives, and teachers. She didn’t care to obey them.   One day Aadhya went to the park without asking her parents’ permission as she knew that her parents wouldn’t allow her to go alone. She was playing hide-and-seek with her friends and other children there. She hid in a lonely place behind thick bushes where none could see her.   Aadhya’s friends searched and searched for Read more…

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