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11May

Protected: The Spanish Witch

Posted by umashankaron May 11, 2015March 2, 2016in Fiction

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12Apr

Protected: The Pallbearer

Posted by umashankaron April 12, 2015March 2, 2016in Fiction

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29Dec
38 comments on “The Bungalow by the Tracks”

The Bungalow by the Tracks

Posted by umashankaron December 29, 2014September 10, 2017in Fiction38 Comments

Five years after she fled to Delhi in an unreserved coach of Lucknow Mail on the eve of her proposed marriage, Miranda returned to the town where she had grown to be a woman from a blob in a womb.…

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03Oct
46 comments on “The Crusted Slice”

The Crusted Slice

Posted by umashankaron October 3, 2014September 10, 2017in Fiction46 Comments

Always on Dussehra, my sister who is a rung up in the family ladder would remember the older one who lived with us briefly. She was not too old when she fell ill on a winter night that thundered and…

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18Mar
38 comments on “The Scarecrow from East”

The Scarecrow from East

Posted by umashankaron March 18, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction38 Comments

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) They moved along a track in the grass to the north. A flock of ravens burst from a nearby tree, intent on killing one of their own, filling the air with a harsh war…

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11Mar
28 comments on “The Killer in Alcatraz”

The Killer in Alcatraz

Posted by umashankaron March 11, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction28 Comments
The Killer in Alcatraz

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) A dense mass of tall cowboy hats bustled about the Embarcadero, just beyond the Ferry Building. The faces buried under the wide, panning brims, their hands waved towards him, many of them holding whiplashes.…

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02Mar
32 comments on “Bridge of Sighs”

Bridge of Sighs

Posted by umashankaron March 2, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction32 Comments

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) ‘You are going to rue this, officer.’ Vernon’s voice was getting the reedy edge, a sign he was about to explode. ‘It’s my job to put aliens and saboteurs across the Bridge of Sighs.…

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23Feb
27 comments on “Forbidden City”

Forbidden City

Posted by umashankaron February 23, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction27 Comments

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) They entered The Presidio through Marina Gate and strolled down the road fragrant with eucalyptus trees, mixed with whiffs of fresh sea foam. The breeze blew soft, laced with salt, whispering moistly in the…

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03Feb
26 comments on “If You go to San Francisco”

If You go to San Francisco

Posted by umashankaron February 3, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction26 Comments

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) Unknown to Amar, his onerous passage through a Naga backyard was reported by the night-prowlers to the head of the tribesmen. A freshly baptised Christian who had foreclosed the skull-houses of his…

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26Jan
18 comments on “Planet of Gibbons”

Planet of Gibbons

Posted by umashankaron January 26, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction18 Comments

(It all began here. Read the previous part here.) Part of Vernon’s right foot was gone with the roof of the aircraft. His boot was missing and so were his toes. A limp mass of red and white was dangling…

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13Jan
32 comments on “Chattanooga Choo Choo”

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Posted by umashankaron January 13, 2014April 16, 2015in Fiction32 Comments

(The story begins here) Mark pulled level at three hundred feet. He had flown enough around to know no hollong tree grew up that size, giants that they were. Buffeting was nasty so close to land and it was going…

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09Jan
33 comments on “Come Home to Fog (A Novella)”

Come Home to Fog (A Novella)

Posted by umashankaron January 9, 2014April 17, 2015in Fiction33 Comments
The Woodsong Fog

Prologue Fat Man had followed the Little Boy. The war was over for those who lived. Those who didn’t, they were still on battlefronts, crouching in bunkers or planes, or breathing water on the seabed. It was an endless night…

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End of Dusk

The Monk in the Rain

Sam was Sad

Painter of Omens

A Wobbly-legged Boy

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Another Day like This

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Ghazals in English

Lend Me the Assassin

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Wet Charcoal

The Icicled Bosom

Years in the Ash

A Leaf by the Nightfall

Pebbles You May Like

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Thus Spake My Father

Hangmen of April

Goodbye, Cynthia Jobin

Haruki Murakami’s Well

The Same Night

The Nightfall of Blogging

The Crusted Slice

Silence of the Scrolls

Unnameable Things

Reading The Forgotten Waltz

Writing is So Long

Fungus on the Filter

Flames and Ashes

A Hole in My Pyjamas

The Slippery Slope

An Owl Reflects

The Last Salute

Truth Alone Triumphs

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My son, must I stay?

Fra Lippo Lippi

While I be the Banker

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