“Where is Dad?” wondered Amanda impatiently. “He said he would be here!” Amanda was waiting at her school for her stepfather to pick her up. “Hello there,” said a voice. Amanda turned. A tall man wearing sunglasses in a black suit stood before her. “Who are you?” asked Amanda. “I’m a friend of your father. […]
Adventure Stories
Our Faithful Servant & The Con Artist
Our Faithful Servant & The Con Artist This incident took place when I lived in the Tollygunge area of Calcutta, back in my school days. The new Kolkata has changed quite a bit – so I have come to know through friends and relatives there. In those days, Calcutta was quite peaceful and incident […]
The Tiny Giant of the Kokapo Marsh
The Tiny Giant of the Kokapo Marsh Being a female in this man-dominated world has been difficult. And my difficulties were compounded when I chose to become an engineer. Despite the hardships, I managed to become one, and here I was, in a god forbidden country full of thorny bushes, snakes and crocs in the […]
The Child–Eater of Jhiri, Bhopal
The Child–Eater of Jhiri, Bhopal The year was 2002; nothing was amiss or eerie about that usual hot summer Saturday till the late evening when I got a call from Jauwad, my dear friend and conservator of Bhopal forest circle. He narrated to me how two days back, on the night of 10 May, a […]
The Nightmare
The Nightmare – Adventure Story The breeze was cool and the clouds were gathering in the sky…Cherrie came out of her home to take a breathe of fresh air…The beach in front of her home was so mesmerizing that she came out and started walking in the sand and enjoying the nature. The water from […]
Second Chance
Second Chance It was all of a sudden. I had just started feeling peace brimming my mind when it all vanished, replaced by head-banging headache. I was sitting in the drawing room and slipping through the newspaper. It was seven in the morning. As usual, I stopped at page 6, of the newspaper, having the […]
Torn to Pieces
Torn to Pieces I woke up in a cold sweat.”Oh!” I exclaimed, it had been a nightmare, but the effect it had on me was surreal. My mind had conjured up an image of the very event I dreaded the most, I had dreamed that the woman i had come to love so deeply in […]
The River’s Booty
The River’s Booty – Short Adventure Story Samson was the son of a middle-class family. He led a secluded life because he and his parents lived out of town in a small hamlet. His father John was a carpenter and his mother Sylvia was a dressmaker. They earned a modest income which barely helped them […]
