Quarantine Blues
The siren’s sharp high-pitched trill jolted Kabir upright. He frantically reached for the switch to turn it off, his heart paced wildly. They were sensitive to loud noises, Looking around, he was dismayed to...
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A Cut-throat business
Nazo ran through the sliding door, whipped off her burqa, and took the screw-driver to her face. “The bloody strike had to happen today”, she muttered to herself while unscrewing her Bio-eye-mask. It was...
The Serpent’s Daughter
Her feet stammered for a moment as she stood on the threshold of her mother’s hut. Binti had walked this ground many times, it’s soft well trodden earth known to her as well as...
Death by a thousand Monkeys
“There has to be a word that can describe this, a sight both alluring and off-putting in equal measure”. He thought as his ship descended from the clouds towards the mega-city at the heart...
Jazz in the time of Blitzkrieg
Although the shrieking scream of the V2 rocket was receding, Billy was left trembling, in the drafty hollow apartment. He felt, more than heard, the low thud of the missile hitting the ground, if...
Poems of Love and Death
Jean’s hand swept over the fluffy feather attached to his quill, candlelight glinting against its ivory tip, waiting to be grasped, to dance on the page once more. His other hand clutched an elaborately...
The “High” Road
As it plunged into his skin, the prick of the needle was cold and biting, like the first wind of winter. He depressed the plunger on the syringe and his veins hungrily consumed the...
Escape
I’m running as fast as I can for the last 15 minutes. Keeping my breath rate steady, I pushed harder and faster. My legs are trembling and I have no idea if I would...
End Time!
“You! You! How could you be so cruel?” Cybele, the goddess, enters the darkroom and yell with pain in her eyes.Zeus, the greek God, take a sip from his mild drink. Then, he turn...
Child of Heaven
A scorching wind howled through the wasteland. Passing through husks of blown-out buildings. Curving around metallic skeletons of fallen war machines. Yet it didn’t ruffle a single hair on Shiva’s head. He strode forward...
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