I write to figure out what is left
Not Quite The Ride By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Hello, you look strangely familiar.” Leena looked at the young man who stood behind her waiting for the carousel ride. An oxymoron if ever there was, the wordsmith in Leena wondered. “You are a moron.” The young man, his rakish smile on, cocked his eyebrows. ‘Excuse me, … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/ff/100words/notquitetheride/19/10/21
THE BLACKMAIL THAT WASN’T (fiction/short story/5 minute read) By Neel Anil Panicker “I’m sending you something, a video that I guarantee is going to change your life forever”, were his exact words over the phone. Zombie like, Manoj stared into the rectangular screen that was ablaze with a million psychedelic colours one moment, now gone … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/fiction/shortstory/17/10/21
SOME WAIT (fiction/short story/3 minute read) By Neel Anil Panicker “I’m sending you something, a video that I guarantee is going to change your life forever”, were his exact words over the phone. Zombie like, Manoj stared into the rectangular screen that was ablaze with a million psychedelic colours one moment, now gone blank like … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/fiction/sss/15/10/21
SHIFTING SANDS (FICTION/SHORT STORY/MINUTE READ) By Neel Anil Panicker Get lost, you swine…You do not belong…you two are poles apart…you are from another Planet…Kriti deserves much better…she is in a different league…get lost…get out of the frame, you gold digger… For a long, long time Prasad stared, vacant eyed into the screen.Darkness fell, long arms … Continue reading neelwrites/fiction/shortstory/1700words/10/10/21
MENDING HEARTS By Neel Anil Panicker I distinctly remember the moment. I was inside the church. Was down on my knees, praying to Lord. My eyes were closed, my lips quivering, uttering silent pleas, praying, hoping against hope, wondering whether the Almighty would be kind enough to heal my heart, my just broken heart. And … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/ff/shortstory/06/10/21
MY YIN TO YOUR YANG fiction/short story/1 minute read) By Neel Anil Panicker ‘As someone who’s been married for over half a decade and also one who I know has been supremely happy all this time, I would like to know what makes you two tick, what’s the secret of your perfect marriage?’ Seventy year … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/fiction/sss/fountain/05/10/21
EVIL DREAMS MEET EVIL EYES (short story/1200words/5 minute read) By Neel Anil Panicker It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of Kings to search the matter out. In usual times, she would have stepped back and read the famous 25:2 Biblical proverb, just one another of the innumerable sayings … Continue reading neelwrites/fiction/shortstory/1200words/02/10/21
Some Highs By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Why did you kiss me, and that too in a crowded glass elevator with no less than twenty pairs of eyes watching? “Newton”. What? shot back Isha in bafflement. “Yeah, it’s the guy’s first law of motion. Things remain in limbo unless pushed by an external force. Before now … Continue reading neelwrites/flash/ff/fiction/shortstory/100words/28/09/21
FIRST RAINS, FIRST LOVE By Neel Anil Panicker Were it not for the slight oblong slit in the lower left edges of the window that hung just above her bed, Shirley wouldn’t even have heard it. So feeble was the sound. And when the faint yet sonorously familiar sounds wriggled their way in from the street … Continue reading neelwrites/fiction/shortstory/1200words/rainsoakedlove/25/09/21
Own Your Sky By Neel Anil Panicker Memories are like loves lost to lust. The former you don’t remember; the latter is just dust. The good keeps coming back, bringling alive hitherto deadened soul stirring sensations. But, there’s a flip side, too. Seeping through the cracks are also a few one had wished away aeons … Continue reading neelwrites/fiction/ff/flash/100words/20/09/21
