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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/
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
MILKING IT ALL By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Dear Desh Bakhts, Modi Bhakts and Cow Bhakts (in no particular order). Today is a red letter day for India. As I hang here, suspended in mid air, my head buried deep in mud made purer by the wash of the sacred Ganges, I present before you my … Continue reading neelwrites/milkingitall/FFfAW/flash/03/10/2018
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
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
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
NATURE’S NATURE By Neel Anil Panicker Nelson stood in the foreground, his sweaty farmer’s face all lathered in soot, his bare torsoed still virile frame covered with the grime and toil of the day’s labour. Watching the sea of ripened corn, its stalks standing so erect and proud, holding its ground against the onslaught of … Continue reading neelwrites/Nature’snature/ThursdayPhotoPrompt/ThreeThingsChallenge/flash/shortstory/10/08/2018
Three Things Challenge, 08 August 2018 https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/three-things-challenge-08-august-2018/ Today’s things are: moldy, kettle, filibuster BREAKING BREAD By Neel Anil Panicker “That’s filibuster. I mean what’s the point if all they do is to waste precious tax payers’ money and trot into Parliament and then sit merry and argue days and weeks on matters which at best can be called … Continue reading neelwrites/breakingbread/ThreeThingsChallenge/fiction/flash/311words/09/08/2018
July 19: Flash Fiction Challenge HONEY, DON’T DO A FANNIE ON ME By Neel Anil Panicker How do I know you’ll not do a Fannie Hooe on me? “A who?” Richard looked at his beau from across the window. Overcome with emotion, he leaned forward and held Janet’s hands. Her fingers had turned moist, just as … Continue reading neelwrites/don’tdoafannie/flashfictionchallenge/shortstory/21/-7/2018
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