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.…
“Calm Down”
Imagine this. You’ve been working hard on a beautiful painting for your mother all week. You took your time to draw the scene, pick the colours, and gently fill your…
Mary’s Birthday
I’ve turned 13 today! I’m a teenager, now! , Mary squealed with anticipation and delight. “Get ready honey, we're late!”“Why do we always have to go over to cousin Chris’s…
Beyond that blinking cursor
That darned cursor.Blinking expectantly at me, as if egging me on – offering ever so subtle yet unkind reminders of my incompetency. Or is it? Maybe it’s all in my…
Cinema, colour, and cities
Everyone likes movies, and everyone looks forward to seeing one especially if it is packed with good storytelling, good locations and a popular star cast. Movies have come to be…
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory, Dickory, Hickory, Dickory Dock!The voice grew louder, and shriller.Hickory, Dickory, Hickory, Dickory Dock!A stinging, cold breeze brushed passed him as he ran at lightning speed – almost as if…
The Ballad of Praeteritia
Long long ago, And Far Far hence, There was a cursed island– forever lost in time Its origins shrouded in mystery Lying somewhere in the dark ferocious sea, Nestled in…
The Tale of Lucy Lockett
Lucy Lockett lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Not a penny was there in it, Only ribbon round it. This is a story, a dark story behind a seemingly…
The Festival with Nine Flamboyant Colours
Have you ever been looked at by someone, hysterically, for making a blunder or got punched in the face or stomped on your foot by someone adjacent to you while…
Deepika Kumari, the on-target youngster
For any person whose inspiring stories we read, or rather, watch, in order to stop procastinating, we usually learn about how it is not just that one person who has…