neelwrites/fridayfictioneers/theamruta-pranaylovestory/100words/episodeone/100words/19/09/2018

Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here 21 September 2018 THE AMRUTA/PRANAY LOVE STORY PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson By Neel Anil Panicker (GENRE/REALISTIC FICTION) Amruta cups her soft fingers around the wooden handle and watches as a … Continue reading neelwrites/fridayfictioneers/theamruta-pranaylovestory/100words/episodeone/100words/19/09/2018

neelwrites/the contractkiller/TTC/FOWC/episodethreeoflove,lust,andlonging/09/09/2018

Written for multiple prompts: https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/three-things-challenge-09-sept-2018/ FOWC with Fandango — Comprehensive THE CONTRACT KILLER (genre/crimefiction/thriller) By Neel Anil Panicker The usher, a smart young man in an even smarter red and black gold suit who looked handsome enough to be mistaken for a famous Hindi film hero smiled in recognition and raised his arms to his chest … Continue reading neelwrites/the contractkiller/TTC/FOWC/episodethreeoflove,lust,andlonging/09/09/2018

neelwrites/andheriamormurders/ThreeThingsChallenge/InspectorSharmacrimefictionseries/01/09/2018

THE ANDHERIA MOR MURDERS  (genre/crime fiction) By Neel Anil Panicker Inspector Sharma went from one room to the other, all seven of them. Broken glasses,  half empty beer bottles, three packets of condoms, several plates of food, some holding pizza pieces , one full of cherry pie and the bare earth floor splattered with what … Continue reading neelwrites/andheriamormurders/ThreeThingsChallenge/InspectorSharmacrimefictionseries/01/09/2018

neelwrites/gavinsmellie-thedrugstoryofindiacontd/fiction/novella/173words/FFfAW/21/08/2018

GAVIN SMELLIE – A CANADIAN IN KOCHI CENTRAL JAIL By Neel Anil Panicker Gavin Smellie hated his new environs. At 52, with over two decades of a hardcore criminal life behind him he expected a little more respect from the authorities. That evening as he stepped out of his barracks and looked upwards, his eyes … Continue reading neelwrites/gavinsmellie-thedrugstoryofindiacontd/fiction/novella/173words/FFfAW/21/08/2018

neelwrites/peddlingsomethoughts/sundayphotofiction/shortstory/crime/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/23/07/2018

PEDDLING SOME THOUGHTS By Neel Anil Panicker “Ok, tell me all you know of the murder?’’ The old woman sat herself gingerly on the edge of the rickety bed by the lone window, then swot a non-existent fly off her deeply lined face and began, her voice no more than a whisper, “I was here, … Continue reading neelwrites/peddlingsomethoughts/sundayphotofiction/shortstory/crime/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/23/07/2018

neelwrites/adatewiththelibrary/setascene/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/novella/fiction/10/06/2018

A DATE WITH THE LIBRARY By Neel Anil Panicker Inspector Sharma parked his police car behind a side street abutting Karol Bagh Metro Station and walked the next fifty yards leading into the congested bylanes, careful to keep his head down and appear as nondescript as he could. ‘Mingle, be one with your surroundings’, was … Continue reading neelwrites/adatewiththelibrary/setascene/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/novella/fiction/10/06/2018

neelwrites/amurderinthechurch/fridayfictioneers/flashfiction/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/100words/06/06/2018

A MURDER IN THE CHURCH By Neel Anil Panicker Inspector Sharma’s hawk eyes scanned the high domed  pearl white Victorian archways of St. Thomas Church. Men, women and children, some young enough to be held in their mothers’ arms,  seated all around him in benches, in two rows and six long columns that extended all … Continue reading neelwrites/amurderinthechurch/fridayfictioneers/flashfiction/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/100words/06/06/2018

neelwrites/somethingeerie/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/fiction/flash/shortstory/03/06/2018

SOMETHING EERIE By Neel Anil Panicker Inspector Sharma took a while to orient himself to the near blinding darkness. Only seconds before he stepped off the torturous 47 degree summer madness that was Udaipur and arrived at the ghostly single room dilapidated mud house located a kilometre and half off the city municipal limits; the … Continue reading neelwrites/somethingeerie/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/fiction/flash/shortstory/03/06/2018

neelwriyes/thisdogbites/sundayphotofiction/flash/shortstory/27/05/2019

THIS DOG BITES By Neel Anil Panicker ‘It’s a miracle she’s alive. They almost broke open her skull. I know it’s police work. But still don’t trouble her much.’ Inspector Vincent Pala of Kozhikode Rural Police Station nodded his head as Dr John Abraham walked out of the third floor ICU room of Mary’s Hospital. … Continue reading neelwriyes/thisdogbites/sundayphotofiction/flash/shortstory/27/05/2019

neelwrites/thequarry/fiction/flash/100wordwednesday/crime/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/25/05/2018

THE QUARRY By Neel Anil Panicker Inspector Sharma peered through his long range telescopic lens at Antop Hill that looked like an ant hill bathed in sheer white. Nothing much of significance as far as the eye could see. He shifted his gaze towards the foothills, at the river front, then slowly zooming in on … Continue reading neelwrites/thequarry/fiction/flash/100wordwednesday/crime/inspectorsharmacrimeseries/25/05/2018