Tag: #fiction
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IN THE MIDST OF A QUIET OCEAN
As I delve deeper and deeper into the ocean, I begin to experience a sense of serenity and calmness as a wave of poise and composure unfurled over me like a sheet of canvas. Finally, I am away from all the mayhem and pandemonium that the world is facing right now. I am now lost…
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PAIN OF AN ATHLETE
Summer of `15. My first year at college. I didn’t have any high expectations for anything; neither studies nor any girlfriend. First of all, I wasn’t that handsome at all to have a girlfriend in the first place, but I wasn’t sad or anything that I wasn’t handsome or didn’t have any gal. I might…
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NAUSEA UPRISING
Ankita and Sushant welcomed their first child into the world. Together they created a new life; a new creature out of sheer love and passion. The baby opened her eyes for the first time to see giant creatures extending their long hands towards her. That was the moment a new creature got introduced into the…
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THE HOUSEWIFE
The cycle continues over and over again like that of a mouse trapped inside the wheel that runs all the time. Wake up. Clean the house and the floors. Wash the dishes. Do some yoga to remain slim and fit so that your husband doesn’t get ashamed of you for being fat and chubby; so…
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The Longing Within
Her husband was getting back from the devastating war after one long year. And he finally put his feet on his hometown with a hint of smile on his worn out and drained face that had lost all its charm and light in the horrors of the war, yet he managed to bear a smile…
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Mr. Einstein In Cuttack, Episode II
September 25, 1905, Germany: Philip Lenard wakes up early to start his long yet dangerous mission that he has been planning for all these years. After having a sandwich and coffee for breakfast, Phillip goes into his study and brings out a pen and paper to write something down. He then starts writing a letter…
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The Long Winter Night’s Dream
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.” Albert Camus. That night, I went to bed at around 1 am after finishing my quantum mechanics homework. Sometimes I think how absurd quantum mechanics can be! How did they come up with that idea of a particle being in two different forms at the same…
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THE INFINITE HORIZONS AND THE BOUNDLESS OCEAN:
Agatha struggles with insomnia which deprives her of having dreams in the night which worked as a portal for her for something beyond her imagination.
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THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Anguish, despair or melancholy; whatever you may call it, Aljeeta was totally engrossed in it. Melancholy descended over her with the torrential rain outside home. With nothing much to do, Aljeeta binge-watched Netflix show Dark. After watching four episodes of utmost confusion and guessing game, she finally shut the laptop down. Now totally fed up,…
Dark Horse Arts and Sciences 