For Three Line Tales, Week 141 https://only100words.xyz/category/three-line-tales/ UNMASKED By Neel Anil Panicker “Sometimes we need to wear masks to unmask others’ masks”, declared Rajat as he bent over and looked deep into Radha’s eyes. A trifle nonplussed Radha waited for the voices around their corner cafe table to subside before replying, “So, am I to infer … Continue reading
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neelwrites/somefoodforthought/TTC/FOWC/SSS/flash/fiction/169words/24/09/2018
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT By Neel Anil Panicker Looking at the children, all four of them, staring at her with expressions that screamed ‘FAMISHED’ in bold capital letter, Shristi realised that she needed to do something, and that too in double quick time if she were to avoid risking to wake up the entire neighbourhood. … Continue reading neelwrites/somefoodforthought/TTC/FOWC/SSS/flash/fiction/169words/24/09/2018
neelwrites/kaleidoscope/ThreeLineTales/flash/shortstory/164words/26/07/2018
KALEIDOSCOPE (Two Minute Read) By Neel Anil Panicker Her gaze fell downwards as each of the colours, every single one of them spread-eagled on the black tarmac floor glistened and turned iridescent with each flutter of the sun’s rays, its shine reflecting off the diamond shaped glass pebbles embedded onto the chic Italian marbles. To … Continue reading neelwrites/kaleidoscope/ThreeLineTales/flash/shortstory/164words/26/07/2018
neelwrites/hobson’schoice/ThreeLineTales/flashfiction/shortstory/13/06/2018
A DILLEMA By Neel Anil Panicker There are two doors in front of me; one red and the blue; and both beckon me, equally__staring invitingly at me, attempting all within their powers, cajoling, coaxing, attracting, luring, even threatening me, using all manner of bait to get me to somehow bite the bullet. I for one, … Continue reading neelwrites/hobson’schoice/ThreeLineTales/flashfiction/shortstory/13/06/2018
neelwwrites/yesmeansyes/threelinetales/shortstory/fiction/156words/24/05/2018
YES MEANS YES By Neel Anil Panicker There was a time in Esther’s life when everything was a neat binary; all that life threw at her, be it in terms of myriad problems that needed to be tackled, choices to be made, relationships to hold onto or dump, or even everyday issues as hackneyed as … Continue reading neelwwrites/yesmeansyes/threelinetales/shortstory/fiction/156words/24/05/2018
neelwrites/highstakes/ThreeLineTales/fiction/flash/shortstory/28/04/2018
HIGH STAKES By Neel Anil Panicker Cyrus Beene lifted his hands off the steering wheel and picking up the phone that rested on the seat beside him read the message that came alive on the phone screen in big, black letters, “IT’S DONE. HE’S SHOT…THREE BULLETS”. A spasmodic wave of sheer delight ran through his … Continue reading neelwrites/highstakes/ThreeLineTales/fiction/flash/shortstory/28/04/2018
neelwrites/anaffairinspace/ThreeLineTales/fiction/20/04/2018
AN AFFAIR IN ‘SPACE’ photo by NASA (yes, THAT NASA – which is why you want to click through to the full size picture for the full effect) via Unsplash By Neel Anil Panicker Often had she heard people say that her Prince Charming as and when he would come would arrive riding a … Continue reading neelwrites/anaffairinspace/ThreeLineTales/fiction/20/04/2018
neelwrites/thedate/threelinetales/fiction/shortstory/143words/29/03/2018
IT’S A DATE By Neel Anil Panicker As the plane landed on the airport tarmac accompanied by the deafening sound of the tyres hitting the asphalt below, the slight turbulence forced Edwin to look outside from his window seat. Despite the very late hour, the city of New York looked dainty as if bedecked in … Continue reading neelwrites/thedate/threelinetales/fiction/shortstory/143words/29/03/2018
neelwrites/slaughter/threelinetales/shortstory/150words/23/03/2018
SLAUGHTER HOUSE photo by Sam Carter via Unsplash By Neel Anil Panicker Through the semi darkness, unmindful of the several pairs of eyes that pinned onto her, Sabina stared at her father, at her Abba, the sixty year old silver bearded man who had been her life, her heart beat through the tortuous turns their lives had … Continue reading neelwrites/slaughter/threelinetales/shortstory/150words/23/03/2018
neelwrites/life’sabeach/threelinetales/shortstory/fiction/143words/03/03/2018
LIFE’S A BEACH By Neel Anil Panicker Life’s a beach, thought Mehul as he ogled on the endless stretch of near naked bodies in various stages of copulation, the sun’s rays making shimmering patterns on the sandy pebbles as human desires crested to stratospheric heights with every swig of the beer bottle and puff of … Continue reading neelwrites/life’sabeach/threelinetales/shortstory/fiction/143words/03/03/2018
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