Fragile - 55 Word Story

She lived in the fragile hope that they would understand her. She did not want to marry. Her aim was not to work in the kitchen and then in an office for 8 hours a day. All she wanted, was to free her soul from the rigors of life.  She left everything behind and disappeared.

Moon - 55 Word Story

The boy was painting the moon. Objects of space excited him. His mind kept repeating, “New-Moon, Waxing-Crescent, Waxing-Gibbous, Waning-Gibbous, Waning-Crescent Full-Moon”, as he intensely colored the white shaped circles. Satisfied, he left them to dry. He would submit it the next day. A rat cut it the same night. His moon shaped tears never stopped. 

Silence - 55 Word Story

People were screaming. Talking. Making a noise about everything that was happening in the world. She heard them all. Her head spun with all the noise surrounding her. She wanted to speak out. Scream at them all. Yell. But no one would follow her. It was time to un-follow everyone. Time to silence her time-line.

Train - 55 Word Story

Anandilal Poddar lived in a place and time when trains were unheard of. Days when trains plied only in Bombay. He picked a handful of his best painters and sent them to Bombay. He made them paint the train in his haveli in Rajasthan. Today, people from Mumbai visit the haveli to view his train.

Mystery - 55 Word Story

The girl looked at the huge mysterious box in consternation. She had never seen anything like this. She opened it, not heeding her father’s warning. Pulling her brothers arm, she entered the wondrous box that hung from a thick rope. Just as she was inspecting her surroundings, she heard a click. The lift started moving.

Fairy-Tale 55 Word Story

Tears rolled down her eyes as Ayesha felt him collapse on her. The darkness hid the salty drops and the silence in the field still reverberated with her screams as he had raped her. The stormy night had taken her virginity. As the lightning struck, she screamed again. Her brother had ended her fairy-tale story.