The Retired Doctor
A few years ago, I stayed for a time in the town of D. The town was well known for
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Short Stories
The Spring That Brought the Fall
March 1947, Thoha Khalsa, British India The onset of spring was Rano’s favourite time of the year. The air warmer,
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The Blind Brush That Painted Magic
“Didi, see this. Do you like it?” “Wow Meenakshi, how do you do it? How do you create such magic
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The Hidden Code
SixPens-07 ____________________________ “If his wife had believed him he wouldn’t have gotten into trouble. Only if he had paid heed
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Sunday Mass
The sight was breathtaking! This enchanting monument had a fantastic architecture and exquisite frescoes which wonderfully contemplated amalgamation on the
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The Masked Face: A Celestial Romance
Some time ago, I was traveling in a remote part of the country. I was there on an excursion to
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The Curious Case of the Fake Money
Mandig village is small and may look peaceful with its verdant hills and forest around it but crime had set
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An Incomplete Walk
The car screeched in front of the house and Miraya got out of it. She ran towards the house and
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Righting the Wrong
An oncosurgeon for twenty-eight years, Dr. Nitesh Joshi has retired leaving behind his hours and days of cutting through people’s
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Sixty Seconds
Like you, dear reader, I am an animal. A four-legged, even-toed ungulate. A pig, to be precise. But I wasn’t
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The Golem; or, Stranded on the Edge of Oblivion
It was a strange year, of dark suns and light rains, when unholy clouds swarmed in the ultramarine expanse of
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The Night of Vengeance
The evening was beautiful. The brilliant sun perfectly framed between ponderosa pine trees was at its usual magnificence as it
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The Flight of Friendship
Her name was Eidolon. She worked at the toy store in the airport lobby. Her face was round, and her
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The Great Humbling
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Book of Proverbs, 16:18). Dr. N. Crutak, the Chief
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The Fellowship of the Stone
I’d been watching him for ten minutes, and the hooded man had not moved an inch. His face was focused
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