The Girl in The Yellow Dress

It started out being a fun, boozy evening with my college friends. We’d met after a long time and we each had stories on funny events that happened to us peppered with long rants about how much we hate our jobs. We were pouring the alcohol profligately and were getting drunker and drunker as the […]

Elusive Reality

She looked out of the window, her empty eyes searing through the souls of all the passersby. What was her folly? What were her fears? Did she have any dreams and hopes? A minute later, they forgot all about her, the thought of her tumbling out of their brains and getting erased from their working […]

The Dark Horse

Angela Clark reviewed everything once before leaving. Everything was ready for later. Content, she left for school. Scott was waiting for her downstairs. She quickly jumped into his car and kissed him. She walked into school and her best friend Katie was waiting for her. They walked to class together and the teacher gave back […]

Reminiscing of Books: A Dying Species

‘The fresh smell of books and the crackle of the pages is heaven to a book lover.’ The line for the latest Apple product is meteorically larger than the line for the latest novel by a critically acclaimed writer. Why is that so? With the advent of smartphones and tablets, people have become more and […]

How to Write Decent Poetry

Society, Not A Travesty

Bridging the gap between fiction and reality, I wonder if that is really the answer to today’s society, Utopia, the answer to everyone’s problems, Keeps avoiding us like hidden, mysterious gems. Socialism, capitalism have all been tried and tested, But only freedom to us, has never been vested, False promises flutter around, tantalizing us, Only […]

A Beautiful Nightmare

I knew I’d never forget that night for as long as I lived. That night was what changed my life, changed me. I was broken. I was so sure that I was in love with him but I wasn’t sure that he felt the same way about me. I would never be sure. There would […]

Illusions

Wandering into the night he disappeared, With him, he took my glimmer of hope. Slowly and steadily the night, feared, Coiled itself around me like a rope. As I watched him walk away, I couldn’t help but notice, The sound of the call of the jay, Except for which, the silence was hard to miss. […]