Fiction

  Translated from the original Tamil by Nakul Vāc   It came and went like a flash of lightning. The ticket he had purchased was still in...

    She snickered as she uttered her name, “Dhaleshwari”. I smirked. “Didi, you continue with your studies. Dhala won’t disturb you”, her mother Sarala assured me. “Doesn’t...

    In between all the chit-chat about start-up companies and project financing, Tom stole a glance at his cell. He couldn’t be obvious, of course,...

    It is dark out. Ma flips down a switch on the wall by the front door and the porch light outside goes dark. She...

  The story of a family dog and how each family member copes with the dog's loss.   Duane It was difficult for Duane. He was used to...

  The sun blazes against the cloudless fabric of blue sky, engraves into my consciousness the sickly yellow face of a diseased child. Including myself,...

  “How long have you been unwell?” Dr. Bhave probed. “I was never gravely sick, I just lost my exuberance. I started getting these low grade...

  Jared drove as the rain pounded the windshield and the wipers squeaked to ear-twitching levels. His girlfriend Tammy sat in the passenger seat. Julie...

  Author's note: This is a work of allegorical fiction following Autolyca, an orphan girl trying to survive in the city. When her song and...

  Heavy eyelids don’t adhere to will after you’ve just worked a double shift. Zamir was having that problem on a particularly snowy night, so he...