Birthday Special

It was her birthday and she was lonely. It was the first time ever that Sophia was away from her family on her special day. A day she always cherished and a day she always celebrated. She got to cross …

Zoe And The Hospital

Zoe was at work on Friday when the notification light on her phone started blinking. Letting it be for a while, she continued with her report she had to finalise. Once free, she picked up her phone and switched to …

Secrets and Whispers

“I see progress.” Safia whispered, her voice held excitement for Nina. Bestowing a glance at Safia, Nina shrugged her sweater clad shoulder as she replied in an equally low whisper, “I don’t.” Nina and Safia were sitting in their university …

Calm Before The Storm

The featured image has been Googled and has no bearing to the story  apart from being a pencil. ***** Raza could see Zoe was about to snap. He had known her for a mere months but he thought he could …

The Blue Door

“You should be doing your homework, not staring at it.” Her father’s stern dictate had Salma come out of her reverie and look around. Her father sat in his plush arm chair holding a newspaper in both his hands. It …

She is Beautiful

She is beautiful. This was the first thing that came to Farzad’s mind as he saw Zahaa walking towards him. Not towards him specifically but in the same direction. Her hair flying everywhere in the wind. Clad in cream coloured …

Change

This story was written for my Book Club’s short story competition and won second place. ————————————————————————————————————– Anaya smiled as she laid her son in his cradle. She had come a long way. Smiling as she sung her baby a lullaby, …

My First Published Story

All of you who have been following my blog must know that a long time ago I wrote a short story named Excellence at Work. Now, I have further added to it and made it into… well, a published short …