Fozia Khan lay on her Charpoy under the open sky. The night in the Tank district was still. From far away came the sound…
The woman hung the polythene sheet over the dripping leaves of the hedge, expertly running it under the tree’s low-hanging boughs. The child whimpered.…
Today marks the second anniversary of her marriage. However, no one seems to be celebrating it. And how could she, or rather both of…
The water of Zam Zam, once a symbol of purification, that his former crime partner brought him from Makkah, couldn’t cleanse the guilt that…
Winston laid his head on the car window, allowing it to slam repeatedly against the car door. It brought him a strange ease as…
You can’t choose your parents, but the fates were kind to Orpheus. His father, Apollo, is something of a renaissance man; well read, accomplished…
Jan. 12, 2031. They said a third world war would be hell. And it was. The men who declared it did it for the…
An assortment of shops fringed the quaint streets of the Olde Brooke countryside. Art booths, antique stalls and souvenir kiosks. There was even a…
Riverside County Sheriff Chad (El Choppo) Bianco loves to chop marijuana plants. It must make him absolutely giddy to partake of the lowest of…
Finally Bhabesh convinced his parents about his plan to move to Guwahati for a new livelihood. At first they were very much reluctant to…
In the wee hours of a Monday morning, the thudding sound of a fall was heard in a twelve storey residential building. The family…
