Short stories
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Emotional Curiosity (2)
He doesn’t know how curiosity can kill a cat, but he’s acutely aware how it’s killing himself. Ever since she first asked him What do you like me about? when they fell in love again after they’d lost each other…
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Distance between 27th floor to the Ground8
It felt like my left side was hit by a something soft, like a soft blab of meat. I could only feel the impact, how fast i fall into the ground. There was no pain or no sound. I had…
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Follia con Fusione
Come la disperata passione abbraccia ancora il nero vuoto che scivola in questa celeste camera da letto… Nel mio qualcosa che non saprebbe fermarsi per definirsi in solitarie vesti nuziali e assorbe una luce nauseante come il cuore sepolto e…
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Appunti dal passo del lupo
Devo concentrarmi sul bosco e pensare che è fatto di alberi e dietro ogni albero un bosco. Palmo su palmo s’impara a distinguere una corteccia dall’altra, si scoprono le fioriture del muschio, o una punta di gemma. Dentro ogni foglia…
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Hold me ’till I go
Katinka hung up the phone and sat still. Time was ticking faster than before, but not passing; how very abruptly and unannounced her future became her now. The calmness of her breath and the newly found weightiness of her long…
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Heart Game
One again, he has fallen in love with her. There are as many reasons known as those unknown to him; for example, she somehow looks even more attractive than when he first met her forty two years ago; her personality…
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Happy Women’s Day
As women, we too often are expected to be quiet or feminine. To be nice. Not to be boastful, proud, loud, or too assertive. Well, here’s what I want to say: be as boastful, proud, loud, or assertive as you…
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Shackles of poverty
Celebrations are in full swing across the country as India celebrates 75 years of independence this year. Standing beside a footpath at Noida, a mother with a baby on her lap sits with national flags but not to mark Independence…
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Vortice
-Scusami--Non che mi interessi--Ho solamente voluto dirtelo--Assolutamente--Non avrei potuto dimenticare--Ma forse avresti dovuto--Parliamo di altro--Non potresti negare quanto segue--Non è necessario--Non potresti accarezzarmi?--Forse più tardi--Non potresti baciare il sole e le stelle?--Per quale persona?--Non è importante--Non ne sono sicuro--Non potresti…
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Teacher as a Cheerleader
The education in pandemic has been confined to laptops and mobiles. As the offline classes started with few students, I had students in my classroom who were reading and writing at a pre-kindergarten level. Helping those students to grow at…
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Speranze nel vento
Ero seduto sul bordo del marciapiede e una ragazza che ho amato mi era vicino. In piedi. Aveva i capelli rossi, credo…
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How death waits
Currently, she is not taking any medication. She can speak a little but feel everything. Her legs are festering, ants live on her feet, she cannot turn around and lie only on her back.
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Lockdown
In this troubled times of COVID-19, giving a fresh perspective on the situation from a veteran war journalist.
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A Lullaby of Life
It all feels good now. These wanderings, these touches, these ugly faces-these moments! Our kisses and souls are so young that it does not let each other think of tomorrow. Just madly mixed in each other's sweat. So irresistible is…
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From “Poetry” to “Poet”
From “Poetry” to “Poet” by Ayan Dawn Now I am far away from you drowning in the nectar of alienation, remembering my first drop of tear. ******* Remember that day when I cried for the first time? When blood filled…
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A.bsurd is tan. City of dreams and words.
A.bsurd is tan. City of dreams and words by Alexander Chernavskiy Under the still clouds, the wind blows the city. Alejandro Jodorowsky All stones. part 1 Dream 1 The Emperor ruled in this town. His post was the spy- supplanter.…