Short Story ID- 14/2015 “I remember you, Ranga Kakima” Shovan whispered. “You were not like this, never.” Looking at the shriveled up body of the old woman, Shovan shook his head. The room looked the same to a large…
“Ranga Kakima” by Madhumita Roy
Category: Short stories
“Chandni” by Fiona Kezia Winston
Short Story ID- 13/2015 She was five when her mother took out a perfectly polished agate and moonstone encrusted sword from the attic, dusted it thoroughly and handed it to her. Her small hands were too soft, and her frame,…
Thampanoor Terminal (New) by Thommen Jose
Short Story ID- 12/2015 Two things struck him when he slapped her hard across her face: unlike in the movies his hand didn’t swing in a semi arc, but stopped right on contact and, again unlike in the movies, it…
Annie’s hand by Gaurav Dikshit
Short Story ID- 11/2015 Whenever I see a butterfly, or a bee, sucking at a flower, I imagine Annie’s lips and mine hovering, approaching, penetrating into them. False are all the theories of soul and metaphysics; the world is matter,…
‘Up in The Mango Trees’ by Lily C. Fen
Short Story ID- 9/2015 Tikbalang was the exact opposite of his more famous cousin, the centaur. Where the centaur was mysterious, quiet, and foreboding, and looked graceful with his chiseled abs, and powerful horse’s body, Tikbalang was not. He had…
The Dragons from the Shore of Nirvana By Piriya Jumnongprasatporn
Short Story ID- 8/2015 Her little shoes were bright red in the warm sunlight. They were the only part of her clothing which looked clean and new. Her green and white dress was ragged, and some of the jade beads…
Death and Taxes By Saligrama K. Aithal
Short Story ID- 7/2015 R. K. Narayan went to the office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths at the district headquarters at Malgudi to obtain the death certificate of his father Krishnaswamy Iyer so as to transfer money and…
‘The Family Inside Her Head’ by Megha Rao
Short Story ID- 6/2015 A beauty sleeps in the open brown box Its legs outstretched like sunbathing under The angry summer sun. It sings to me, its eyes closed “I am the corpse of a woman who loved.” The woman…
‘I gave up my ghost’ by Ranjani Neriya
Short Story ID- 5/2015 1 My name is Shilpa. I believe in ghosts because I am one. I believe in the afterlife because I have been there. I believe in the occult because I have seen it happen. Long…
‘Terror, Peril and Fate of Children’ by Ketaki Datta
Short Story ID- 3/2015 Seikh Suleiman was made to learn the knowhow of making a bomb.A bomb, which would kill thousands of people. At one go. He knew next to nothing about it before. His father, a daily wage-earner of…
‘The Plummet’ by Namrata
Short Story ID- 2/2015 The shrill screams from the room next door woke Ruma from her sleep. Since the time she had come here sleep had always evaded her, right now she held on tightly to whatever little of sleep…
‘The Rajah’s Wife’ William Tham Wai Liang
Short Story ID- 1/2015 My dear Isaka, How many mothers have been forced to leave their children, only to communicate with them through letters? I am penning these words inKuching, bythe muara of the Sarawak River. I was told, and…