When the sound of a pop surfaced back to my ears, I froze in place. In that moment, the howling murderers, rapists and what not phased out of both – my vision and my hearing, no offence but they were still in their cells, unlike the tall gentleman whose back stood unchained in front of me. My senses were reinstated by the reassuring voice of the man in the uniform who said, ‘Forgive me for repeating, but let’s go through this for one last time. Like the warden said, we don’t usually allow prisoners without handcuffs.Well, Mr. Hatcher here, his behaviour and you being a famous newspaper-man convinced us to let you two… talk. I’ll be following at all times, like the warden said, and if at any point the situation seems dangerous,’ he looked away from me to the gentleman without the cuffs, ‘I’ll interrupt.’ I exhaled the longest…
The ceiling lights pierced her eyes as she was laid on a steel table with the hospital gown. She felt better to be in…
Mona looked outside. She and her twin sister Dona were on Don Valley Parkway in Toronto, Ontario. It was bright and sunny outside. Just…
It was a perfect day…for remaining at home. I was on a leave of absence from the office on grounds of fictitious flu. I…
“You or me?” What does the two-legged demon do when he arrives at that knot in the thicket?” Sheshnag said in an accurate imitation…
The young, roughman sitting in front of me, on the bench,looked visibly ashamed. Now and then he tried to put an end to the…
Satish and Vidya landed at Boston Logan Airport to spend some time with their daughter, Rachana. She with her husband Navin received them and…
Millie mooed. Cate mooed with her. The cow stared at them. Millie giggled at the old joke, a pure, authentic song. Cate giggled with…
St Petersburg, Russia, 1796 The lights in the empty hallway were just dim enough to conjure sinister ghosts and demons from the shadows,…
“Do you have anyorange juice?” Isla leaned over to the small table full of drinks and snacks, and whispered the words to the man…
