No Tomorrow
Tick. Tick. Tick. The periodic ticking of the dusty old grandfather clock in the corner was the only sound in the room aside from her sporadic breaths of varying intensities.…
Fortune-teller
“Remind me why we’re waiting in this line again?” I ask Kaitlyn. “You don’t believe in this fortune-telling stuff, do you?” Kaitlyn smiles and shakes her head. “I don’t know,…
Fall To Spring
It was the month of December. Shaniya's birthday was approaching. Like most twenty-three-year-olds, Shaniya was excited about her birthday. She looked forward up to that day for the entire year.…
After You
I woke up once again, on an empty bed in my empty house. The silence is so loud I can hear my heart beat. It’s been 6 months since my…
The Greater Good
It all started back when a local detective Ashley Madison was in a bar quaffing some beer, after the events of the day. Frustrated and broke, she was disappointed as…
The door to my childhood
As far as my eyes could see, my heart leaped with concealed merriness upon the sight of my small house at the corner of the bare land, barren with emptiness…
Word War 1 Winners 2021
🏆 Poetry 1. Dear Unfamiliar By Aditi Mitra 2. The Fight By Elsita Jolly Mathew 3. Dystopia By Prachita Punde 🏆 Fiction 1. The Phantom Text By Saaransh Mishra 2.…
The Last Hug
And finally, after a year or so away, she returned to college with the same spark in her eyes and the same fire in her soul. But perhaps this time…
The Dwelling Place
The banging on the door continued for more than an hour, before the car honked outside and the banging stopped….It was bright, windy and almost noon when we reached our…
Farewell, Sparta
“...but will I pine away in sorrow anymore than I do already? ”The skies had been clear and star-studded, with no signs of any upcoming storms. The weather was fairly…