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Short Stories

Where Do I Belong?

Muhtasim Sarowat Rayed December 28, 2024

Maya looked absent-mindedly around for her phone. The absence of the stream of thoughts droning in from her basin was almost like the absence of…

Aritri’s Homecoming

Sajal Hossain Dhaly December 28, 2024

Overhead, the thunderclaps continued roaring as the clouds coalesced for another storm. The past few…

Aziel x Hayley

Feda Al Hossain December 28, 2024

I can’t stop looking at her. That’s why today will be the day that I…

Our Last Goodbye

Ashfaq Amin Srabon December 28, 2024

A soft breeze brushed through the serene fields of Nandigram as the late afternoon sun…

Singing with Spirit

Naziha Alam December 28, 2024

“Oh, come on, Rishu! We both know you’re not going to do it.” Anima scoffed,…

Breaking the Cycle

Muhtasim Sarowat Rayed December 28, 2024

Physically, Imran was at the government-sponsored event at the convention center. Mentally, he was at…

End in Triumph

Aysha Tehnan December 28, 2024

August 5, 2024 4:55 a.m. Anushka makes herself breathe. Once, twice. A few more times.…

The Crossing

Tasin Abrar December 28, 2024

The letters etched into the ferry railing, including “Asha and Rafi,” were still being held…

Micro Fiction

Everything We See and Everything We Don’t

Tuba Rahman December 29, 2024

“There is no such thing as ‘healing,’ you know this. You just grow this strange familiarity with your wounds, and they become a part of…

Say it with Flowers

Sabrina Fatma Ahmad December 29, 2024

You surprised me with a garland of jasmine on a rainy day, and said it…

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The Vicissitude

It’s quite late; night lost the light Alone, by the tide, I sit low Holding my cards close to heart...

I discover

Your eyelids, like petals -are sacred, kiss-worthy You blink, and my world stops For a minute, then...

Do you see me, Seahorse?

Our fish-tank was square curtained with seafoam grass, When you swim beside me Leaving a trail of...

Death of Jasmine

Jasmines bloomed between The gaps of my fingers, are now dying at my feet. Whiff of rotting petals...

White Clouds of Autumn

“As the fiery afternoon says goodbye, Her darling heart wastes a tiny bit of sigh. No wonder the...

Untitled 

Months of constant struggle Her eyes haven't known rest, She's broken out of her bubble To look for...

Pretty Nightmares

Everyone is liked, but no one is loved, Yesterday’s hope, today’s regret shoved. Petals fall because...

Possible Ways

I dragged myself into it, I threw myself into it; Carefulness abandoned me. If you sense that...

Of shadows & whispers

The winds shifted whispered behind my back like knives in the dark I learned that no matter how much...

Tuesday Afternoon

Oliver tells me god is in everything we create, doled out in rations. It's a private conversation...

Bloom

Where the leaves had fallen And then born anew with the breeze of spring The buds have received...

100 Days on Earth without mama

Days pass by wrapping the memories and grief under the thin satin sleeves. Hiding from the world...

Migration

And every time they left, I became trees. Trees; you pass along, On roads; a tiring and unquiet...

I don’t hate how pretty girls are (I hate not being able to say it to them)

The sky is still just as blue without you But the birds seem quieter And the walls? They are bigger...

As the AQI rises

when attempting to listen to your heart, the doctors hesitate before asking to take a deep breath...

Let me nurse the hole in your back (I want to love you)

Owing to the strange algorithm of my Instagram, I now know That the Surinam toad would lay eggs on...

Everything We See and Everything We Don’t

“There is no such thing as ‘healing,’ you know this. You just grow this strange familiarity with...

Say it with Flowers

You surprised me with a garland of jasmine on a rainy day, and said it was because you knew they...

Where Do I Belong?

Maya looked absent-mindedly around for her phone. The absence of the stream of thoughts droning in...

Aritri’s Homecoming

Overhead, the thunderclaps continued roaring as the clouds coalesced for another storm. The past few...

Aziel x Hayley

I can’t stop looking at her. That's why today will be the day that I put a stop to this. She sits...

Our Last Goodbye

A soft breeze brushed through the serene fields of Nandigram as the late afternoon sun cast a warm...

Singing with Spirit

“Oh, come on, Rishu! We both know you’re not going to do it.” Anima scoffed, leaning on the railing...

Breaking the Cycle

Physically, Imran was at the government-sponsored event at the convention center. Mentally, he was...

End in Triumph

August 5, 2024 4:55 a.m. Anushka makes herself breathe. Once, twice. A few more times. The faint...

The Crossing

The letters etched into the ferry railing, including "Asha and Rafi," were still being held in place...
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