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2 November 2018 CHECKMATE By Neel Anil Panicker ‘So, that’s our best move?’ Well, I would say that’s our only move. ‘And why would you say that?’ Hmm…ah…well… ‘Stop spluttering, will you? Come on, spit it out’ You see…your father… ‘My father…he needs to die, right?’ What I mean… ‘You mean he’s needs to go … Continue reading neelwrites/
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/saturday-mix-double-take-27-october-2018%EF%BB%BF/ https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/daily-writing-challenge-30/ FOWC with Fandango — Center …OF GRUNTS AND GROANS By Neel Anil Panicker The groans increased in their frequency; also their intensity. Amol and Divya tossed and turned, twisted and twirled around in their bed, their eyes shut, but their minds still unable to find peace, quietness that was essential to slide into the … Continue reading neelwrites/ofgruntsandgroans/fiction/flash/threethingschallenge/onewordfiction/248words/31/10/2018
FOWC with Fandango — Dingy https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/daily-writing-challenge-29/ A TALE FROM THE PAST By Neel Anil Panicker Everyone’s got a childhood story to tell and ‘little’ old man Dhanu was no different. Every Dusshehra he would bundle all the young ones together and gather them around the fireplace that he lit just a little beyond the backyards of … Continue reading neelwrites/atalefromthepast/flash/threethingschallenge/oneworfiction/FOWC/30/10/2018
TO SPOT A CLASSIC By Neel Anil Panicker To be frank, It was with much dislike that Stella opened the oak panelled corner room drawer her grandfather had left behind and to be sure, her first reaction was of regret: a thick coating of dust filled particles wafted out of the spaciously built compartments and … Continue reading neelwrites/classice/flash/sixsentencestories/fiction/books/23/10/2018
LOVERS KNOW NOT ‘NO’ By Neel Anil Panicker “No, it’s not a good idea”. ‘What, taking what is yours, or us, running away from our homes and building a future for ourselves?’ Neelima opened her mouth to say something but caught herself as she eyed a couple of middle aged men approaching the corner. It … Continue reading neelwrites/loversknownotno/flash/fiction/shortstory/257words/07/10/2018
A VERY PUMPKIN STORY By Neel Anil Panicker “You can boil it, steam it, roast it. And guess what! It’s the best things for failing vision, low blood pressure and has a million antioxidant properties” Manohar looked askance at his friend of thirty plus years and wondered whether the old man had crossed all … Continue reading neelwrites/apumpkinstory/fiction/flash/shortstory/FOWC/260words/02/10/2018
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
SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE (genre/familydrama) Photo copyright – Ceayr By Neel Anil Panicker “So you make bagpipes for a living? Does that even ensure a living? I mean who buys bagpipes in today’s jet set techno happy genre busting age?” Richard looked across the table at the old man seated across from him in … Continue reading neelwrites/singingadifferenttune/SPF/flash/fiction/shortstory/200words/10/09/2018
JUST MEMORIES By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Happy Birthday Charles’ she whispered, the words__an echo that reverberated all over the misty hill-top. She stood there like that__unmoving, her eyes closed, soft hands folded in prayer, the lips uttering a silent invocation to the Almighty. And thereafter she sat on down, placing the vase by the side, … Continue reading neelwrites/justmemories/ThursdayPhotoPrompt/ThreeThingsChallenge/shortstory/fiction/flash/31/08/2018
IT’S A DATE PHOTO PROMPT © Carla Bicomong By Neel Anil Panicker Joshua, the 91-year-old patriarch of the Mathai family is an angry man. Patriarch and Mathai family__both are misnomers. Blame it on Nature’s fury. In just one night, the waters have swallowed his entire clan of 27. Three sons, their wives, their children, the … Continue reading neelwrites/apocalypse/fridayfictioneers/kerala/tragedy/shortstory/realisticfiction/100words/22/08/2018
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