“Do you remember?” Reese asked lazily, not looking up from his latest iPhone X. “What now?” unconcerned, Rayna threw an unwilling question at him, her eyes glued to her Kindle book she did not wish to part with. “The night I lost my phone…” As he said this, Reese sprung ...
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The night sky was lustrous. Mild showers played all the right tunes. Moonlight and pool side accentuated the mood. His fingers entwined in mine. His sinewy hand grabbed my waist. Just then my funny bone tickled and I took out my phone. "Selfie time!" I rolled my naughty eyes ...
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“Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?” - Edgar Allan Poe It all started the night I lost my phone. I came home tired and went straight to bed. Then came this dream. I am on a trek alone in the remote Himalayas. As ...
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She hopped on to the local just in the nick of time. Office hours were going crazy with the new projects rolling in. Antara loved her job but the odd hours scared her. Her colleagues' reassurances about Mumbai being safe and all did little to assuage her fears. Somehow the small-town ...
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I was more adventurous than my normal self that afternoon. I took my dream of surreptitiously attending Prof. Sen’s ‘Industrial Revolution’ class to fruition, checked off ‘writing a love letter to my imaginary lover in the class room’ from my ‘things to do before I die’ list, loitered around in ...
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The night I lost my phone
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Rules:
1. Stories to be based on the given prompt. Use the given prompt in your story without altering the tense. (Highlight the prompt for us to recognise it easily in your story.)
2. The submitted story/stories must be between 450-500 words (each). Entries lower than or exceeding the word limit will stand disqualified for the event. (Penmancy Tip:- Use https://wordcounter.io/ to check your word count.)
3. Writers may submit 3 entries of unique storylines. Only fresh stories are accepted for the event.
4. Send in your entries to penmagica@gmail.com in a word document along with a 2-3 line bio and a cover picture for the story. The subject of your mail should be “Entry for QuinTale-03″.
5. Most of all- HAVE FUN!!
P.s.: Last date of submission is November 28, 2018.
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