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Short Stories

Co-authored Anthology

A Tangled Tapestry

This short story is a part of  The Gothic Gazette, an international anthology of  Gothic fiction published by Culture Cult publications in April 2025.  …
Short Story

The Forests Whisper a Secret

This is an excerpt from my short story, The Forests Whisper a Secret, published in the TMYS Review of June, 2023. The journal is available…
Short Story

Song of the River

This short story was published on Story Sanctum, a Chicago-based publishing house, in March, 2025.   Which is the more difficult thing to do –…
Short Story
Flames of Faith
Short Story
The Caprice of Colour
Co-authored Anthology
Eclipsed and Exiled
Short Story
A Jasmine Trail
Short Story
Matters of the Heart
Short Story
A Crimson Dawn

Poetry

Poetry

I Drank with the Moon

(Published in the May 2023 issue of Borderless Journal)    I watched the pregnant moon melt – a pearly blob in the pulp of my…
Poetry

I Am

#ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour  #Poattic22   #AbstractPoetry I Am Sometimes I am Hope - Weaving roseate, virile dreams in hoary, nebulous eyes And heaving hearts, yearning for a fillip;…
Poetry

A Palette of Pride

#coloursofpride   #Poattic23  #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour (June, 2023) Orange, Green and Yellow, the holy shades of faith Thrust upon my rebel self, nearly stifling it to death. "She's…
Poetry
A Little More in Love
Poetry
Soul Craft – October Poetry Contest
Poetry
An Amaranthine Alliance
Poetry
When Tangerine Met Teal     
Poetry
The Intrepid One
Poetry
I am NAARI

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

From Sign to Scar

Written for ArtoonsInn Writers Room  in September 2024, for a 300-word Flash Fiction prompt: Write the story of a scar your character has - physical or…
Flash Fiction

The Last Tango

The late afternoon sun gleamed on the Californian highlands, lighting up the horizon in rainbow flames. 13-year-old Ryan came out into their almond orchard, book…
Flash Fiction

To Be Or Not To Be

Jayden’s head hurt mildly as he scrunched his eyes. The sun was blazing, but he savoured the warmth on his skin. He shuddered as he…
Co-authored Anthology
Neighbourly Tales
Flash Fiction
Bon Appétit!
Flash Fiction
Amaranthine Love
Co-authored Anthology
The Ride
Flash Fiction
Embers of Hope…Flames of Happiness
Flash Fiction
A Rendezvous by the Sea

Book Reviews

Book Review

Recipe for a Perfect Marriage by Women’s Web

Recipe for a Perfect marriage, the recently published annual offering of Women’s Web, is an anthology of 25 stellar short stories curated carefully from a…
Book Review

Book Review – MAYDAY! by Beetashok Chatterjee

This review was first published in The Wise Owl literary magazine as a featured article in their special Book Review Supplement on 10 August, 2023.…
Book Review

Xanadu – Three Souls Searching for their Paradise, by Harshita Nanda

A story reads best when it is fuelled by real life experiences and steered forward by vivid imagination, as Xanadu, the debut novella of Harshita…
Book Review
The Mussoorie Murders – Book Review
Book Review
Book Review – A Quantum Healing System by Lakshmi Ajoy
Book Review
Beneath Divided Skies – A Riveting Read
Book Review
Myriad of Dreams by Nisha Tandon
Book Review
Book Review – The Fairly Ordinary Princess by Khushboo Shah
Book Review
Saudade by Debarati Sen – Book Review

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