Her late transatlantic flight exhausted her, but she was excited to be here finally. Everything was new. Everyone friendly, even the cab driver taking her to her hotel. She relaxed. Pleased. Suddenly, the car stopped. It was Dark outside! And then Darkness descended in her life! Alas! A DARK day for the host country....
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This 55 Fiction written by Sir Pumpkin is inspired by the TV series “Lost”. He had a gruesome job. He was a soldier. He ‘extracted’ information from stubborn POWs. He caused excruciating physical pain, and then he ‘extracted’ information. His heart stopped and his eyes widened when his latest prisoner said: “… .. The tables...
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The building stood tall and proud. He looked at it with satisfaction and content. Malls, hotels, clubs his sweat has laced the dreams. Since childhood , he wanted to be an architect and give a good life to his siblings. Alas ! Poverty turned him into a daily laborer like his parents. This...
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Dodging his pursuers he reached the scene of his first crime. He remembered with a smirk the teenager. Raped and murdered. Suddenly, he sensed someone nearby. Shocked, he saw her, standing there, arms outstretched, on fire. Terrified, he screamed! “Burn in hell” her mother hissed, opening her teary eyes, ending the nightmare. But the...
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Industrialization and progress! How they change lives! Some intentional, some unintentional. He was in peace until they encroached his space. Terrified and nowhere to go, he killed, but he was branded the terror. He is doomed now. They have planned his execution well. Death is on its way for the Man eating tiger of...
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He left, satisfied only after she came to the window. When life was about to defeat him, she had appeared at the window, her eyes filled with innocence and hope, miraculously giving him a fresh lease of life. Now he sought her eyes daily for sustenance. Little did he know that her eyes...
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