“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 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 the sea was […]
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 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 to make both […]
