neelwrites/simplycomplicated/SATURDAYMIX/flash/shortstory/storystarter/200words/10/11/2018

Saturday Mix – Opposing Forces, 10 November 2018 https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/11/10/saturday-mix-opposing-forces-10-november-2018/ SIMPLY COMPLCATED By Neel Anil Panciker ‘Actually, it’s very simple. I love you, you love me. We want to get married. So, I see  no problem, right?’ Vikram looked into Isha’s eyes. They were earnest, in love, and as happy as a teddy bear’s. He didn’t have … Continue reading neelwrites/simplycomplicated/SATURDAYMIX/flash/shortstory/storystarter/200words/10/11/2018

neelwrites/fearnotfear/photochallenge/flash/musings/237words/09/10/2018

FEAR NOT FEAR By Neel Anil Panicker She’s been with me for long. She’s my constant companion, so to say. She sleeps by me and then, come morn, she wakes up beside me. At times, on cold wintry mornings, she beats me to it. And then when I wake up, groggy eyed and sidle up … Continue reading neelwrites/fearnotfear/photochallenge/flash/musings/237words/09/10/2018

neelwrites/murderbythearabiansea/fiction/crime/ThreeThingsChallenge/SAturdaymix-doubletake/04/08/2018

Inspired by Three Things Challenge, 03 August 2018 https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/three-things-challenge-03-august-2018/ Three Things Challenge: spatula, drama, brownie Saturday Mix – Double Take, 4 August 2018 https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/07/28/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-28-july-2018/ This week we are seeing double with ‘Double Take’. The ‘Double Take’ challenge focuses on the use of homophones* to build your writing piece. You have two sets of homophones and you are … Continue reading neelwrites/murderbythearabiansea/fiction/crime/ThreeThingsChallenge/SAturdaymix-doubletake/04/08/2018

neelwrites/light/prisiondiaries/escapefromhell/fiction/shortstory/mindloversmisery/22/05/2018

PRISON DIARIES_IN SEARCH OF LIGHT     By Neel Anil Panicker In prison, life unfolds in excruciatingly slow motion. The first week of my incarceration was hell. Harshly extricated from a world where a walk in the park, yoga on the mat, three hour business meetings with similar other suits, digging teeth into the best of … Continue reading neelwrites/light/prisiondiaries/escapefromhell/fiction/shortstory/mindloversmisery/22/05/2018

neelwrites/achangeofscene/saturdaymix/fiction/flash/shortstory/20/05/2018

A CHANGE OF SCENE By Neel Anil Panicker Henry watched as his wife’s eyes turned moist. It wasn’t the first time he was seeing it nor was it going to be the last time. The change, the metamorphosis of an effervescent, bubbly lively woman full of joi de vivre into a hapless, helpless wreck had … Continue reading neelwrites/achangeofscene/saturdaymix/fiction/flash/shortstory/20/05/2018

neelwrites/wait’sover/Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie/saturdaymix-doubletake/fiction/shortstory/12/05/2018

WAIT’S OVER By Neel Anil Panicker For days Inspector Sharma lay in wait, pitching his tent by the rivulet that abutted the foothills of the forest. There he lay in wait, biding his time, subsisting on the mercy of the trouts and shrimps that he would catch with the help of his improvised fishing rod__a … Continue reading neelwrites/wait’sover/Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie/saturdaymix-doubletake/fiction/shortstory/12/05/2018

neelwrites/saturday-mix-double-take-/shortstory/fiction/18/03/2018

  THE BLIND SEER’S PREDICTION  By Neel Anil Panicker The oracle lowered his head and pulling the woman by the auricle, whispered into her ear,” You’re the blessed one; the one whom Allah has chosen to shower his riches. Simply follow all that Sajid says and very shortly you will become the owner of unimaginable … Continue reading neelwrites/saturday-mix-double-take-/shortstory/fiction/18/03/2018

neelwrites/dollhouse/firstlinefriday/596words/18/02/2018

THE DOLL HOUSE By Neel Anil Panicker Alex says he doesn’t want the doll house. Lisa wonders not for the umpteenth time if she had made a mistake. They were about to be married. She twice. Her childhood home. Recalls the golden memories. No, her mom would never have done it. And now that she … Continue reading neelwrites/dollhouse/firstlinefriday/596words/18/02/2018

neelwrites/moon’smine/mindlovemiserysmenagerie/fiction/shortstory/505words/07/02/2018

TONIGHT THE MOON’S MINE By Neel Anil Panicker For a long time Venkat sat there, by the shore, motionless and emotionless, his tiny hands clasped tightly together as the waves crashed onto the rocky edges, each thunderous splash lathering his bare torso, drenching him with whatever the angry sea brought in__bile, froth, and salt working … Continue reading neelwrites/moon’smine/mindlovemiserysmenagerie/fiction/shortstory/505words/07/02/2018

neelwrites/Grace/Saturday Mix – Double Take, 23 December 2017/poem/tanka/23/12/2017

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Hosted at https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/saturday-mix-double-take-23-december-2017%EF%BB%BF/ This week’s Double Take has a ‘Christmassy twist’ to it! Our homophone sets are: presence – the state of being present presents – gifts and holy – with religious significance holey – perforated, with holes wholly – fully, completely GRACE By Neel Anil Panicker Your presence makes sense God’s priceless present are they Holy … Continue reading neelwrites/Grace/Saturday Mix – Double Take, 23 December 2017/poem/tanka/23/12/2017