Category: Fear
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Germ
Ah! Little germ! What have you made of us? A dread of mess; a bundle of frayed nerves Thinking of our loved ones, we’re naught but goose bumps Even as I watch your victims every nanosecond slump What strange times we’ve today entered For you’ve quickly got everything overpowered Where…
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When You Discover Your Child Is Shoplifting
Akshita went to the shopping mall, taking along her son, Armaan, since there was none whom she could leave him with. Six-year-old Armaan loved to accompany his mother wherever she went and would often tag along. Being an only child, he was pampered by his parents. But of late, he…
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Missing (#100WordStory)
The whole family, excitedly busy in setting up the new home theatre, doesn’t realise that little Arian isn’t anywhere around. Panic strikes when they notice the door ajar and the neighbour announces that he was seen outside ten minutes ago, plucking flowers. Everyone begins running helter-skelter looking for him. Dad…
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The Dinosaurs (Short Story)
A little girl clutched and hugged her mom tightly, hiding, not wanting to see the movie anymore. The roaring dinosaurs terrified her. ‘Mamma, will you always be there to protect me from the Dinosaurs?’, she questioned, her big round eyes clouded with fear. “Of course my darling! Always!’, assured the…
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Modern Day Confusions – Love vs Arranged (marriage)
After a string of failed affairs, Alia had begun to wonder if she should look at the option of going in for an arranged marriage. Until now, where she had strongly believed in self-selection, besides the credence that attraction and romance are extremely important factors without which a marriage would…
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Women!! Have Faith, Stay Strong and Fearless
As she grew up she was conditioned (or at least attempted to be) – : (a) To think about how the world would perceive of her, should she make certain choices for herself whether it was her sense of dressing or her ways of thinking or the way she would…
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The Pyramid Scare….
They went to explore the Egyptian pyramids and only once they stood before it, did they truly realise what ‘Magnificience’ was…dumbstruck by the overwhelming presence, they wondered how were they ever going to begin…it seemed too huge to even decide the starting point of their work. But it was only…
Affinity and Moods 