“What’s wrong, Mary?” Baby John asks. We still call him Baby John, even though he’s already five. He lies flat in the bunk across the room. Gabriel, his stuffed lion, stands guard on his chest. My tossing must have woken him. Matty, my older brother by 10 months, snores from the bunk above him. “Nothing,” I say. “Go back to sleep.” Nothing’s a lie. I can’t sleep because my soul’s going straight to hell on account I’ve blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the one unforgivable sin. And I did it on accident. I’ve sinned lots and lots of times before but those were the forgivable kind. Like the time back when I was six and forgot to shut the screen door. Chip, our doggie, let himself right out. By the time we’d realized he’d made a break, he was all gone. We piled in the station…
Published by Abington House, USA, “One Long Journey” is primarily a story of survival and hope in the face of adversity and social upheaval,…
“That’s my grandson over there. You see the blanket movin’? The one with the most black hair. There, he’s kickin’ again. He’s my first.…
“Why am I so ugly?” She used to wail at me. I thought a smile would do the trick. That it would make her…
Gautam- Hello Kanishka, Gautam here, How are you? Kanishka- Hi Gautam, pulling on somehow. What about you? G- Me too, pulling on. Tired off…
I have always thought that I must possess a special mark that is only visible to certain otherworldly entities, sort of like Hester…
Yes, you got it right sir. He is my father – Triloki Nath Chauhan. Isn’t it an impressive name. A very tough man, sir.…
It was a fateful day. The freight container was fully secured, thrice locked. It contained The Last Drop of Oceanzong. World’s largest city Oceanzong…
