Posted by Muhammad Danial in Short Stories on 04 15th, 2008 | No Comments
The Secret of Flying Insects
The Secret of Flying Insects
I had been feeling the unseen presence of those enigmatic insects flying around my room for the last two months. I kept wondering where they came from. Every day I would perish a few of them, but the very next day, they all came back again. I tried to clean up all the mess in my room and put some insecticides...
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Posted by Shreya Datta in Short Stories on 04 13th, 2008 | 9 Comments
A Few Rupees More
A Few Rupees More
He had been pestering me for a while. Tugging my branded shirt, pulling at my sleeves, he continued to follow every movement of mine. Twice I tried to brush him off, but he seemed unperturbed. He pursued me with great enthusiasm and mumbled under his breath, “A few more. Please give me a few more.” I...
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Posted by Amir Saleem in Featured Articles, Short Stories on 04 13th, 2008 | 23 Comments
Last Minute Sun
Last Minute Sun
It all happened in the dark. Moon was sleeping behind the clouds and the stars were on a leave that night. A solitary breeze was strolling through the lonesome streets. It was half past twelve when Elisa got on the bus. She was late; very late. At the last minute, her manager showed up with a pile of...
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Posted by Tahera Sajid in Columns, Featured Articles, Tahera Express on 04 12th, 2008 | 9 Comments
The Ring
The Ring
The ring was beautiful. She couldn’t take her eyes off it. The solitaire shone with all its brilliance, and mesmerized her. She knew instantly, the ring she was to choose for her engagement would have to be the one she held in her hand. “I love it!” she squealed with delight. “So be it, darling.”...
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Posted by Bernardo Angulo in Featured Articles, Short Stories on 04 2nd, 2008 | 5 Comments
Gotham
Gotham
What is it all for?” he thought as he drove down the wet and lonely streets of the darkened city on his way back to the cave. On the horizon, the first light of day faintly began to creep out to welcome another working day. “I just can’t believe I have to be at work in a just a few hours… it’s...
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Posted by Amir Saleem in Short Stories on 03 29th, 2008 | No Comments
Flickering Minds
Flickering Minds
She danced like a wild mare. Her bare feet moved on that solid cold floor unwillingly and unintentionally, out of sheer habit of tapping on the beat of some provocative music. Her hands flickered in asymmetrical motion slitting that thick air filled with cigarette smoke and smell of cheap alcohol. She...
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Posted by Amir Saleem in Photo Tales, Short Stories on 03 20th, 2008 | 7 Comments
Odorless Days of a Fragrant Life: Part 2
Odorless Days of a Fragrant Life: Part 2
Bricks, sand, steel and the deafening sounds of dreadful machines; as far back as she could remember that’s how her life had become. Her feet had long forgotten the soft feel of a pair of comfortable shoes or even remotely fashionable sandals; her only comfort was that wooden plateau that would bend...
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Posted by Jerkulez in Ramblings, Short Stories on 03 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments
The Visit
The Visit
My heart starts pounding louder and louder as I get closer and closer to my destination; a fateful meeting it will be, a meeting to decide how today will end and tomorrow will begin! I mean for me it has to be the most dreaded visit of them all, something I must do, and eventually everyone does it too. How...
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Posted by Tahera Sajid in Short Stories, Tahera Express on 03 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments
The Tree
The Tree
Murad Ali lay huddled on his charpoy, cursing the cold weather. The winter chill was at its peak in the small village bordering the forest. Murad’s small hut barely held itself together, and the icy winds twirled their way carelessly through it. Despairingly, he looked at the children. ‘They’d...
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Posted by Tahera Sajid in Short Stories, Tahera Express on 02 28th, 2008 | 4 Comments
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
Raniya peered out as the huge airliner glided smoothly through the clouds. Her mother, Jehan Ara, sat in the adjacent seat, deeply engrossed in her reading. She unbuckled her seatbelt and took a deep sigh, “Here I come Ahsan!” Eighteen, and full of dreams, Raniya sat thinking about her fiancé with...
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