• English - Young Adult

    The Midnight Cycle

    August 29, 2025 - By 

    Nikhil Varma 1 The night was hushed, the tech city’s towers glowing like watchful giants against the deep blue sky, when Vihaan Mehta quietly wheeled his bicycle out of the garage. The faint hum of air-conditioners and the occasional flicker of a neon sign were the only sounds breaking the silence. Vihaan, his mind heavy with equations and career expectations drilled into him by his parents, pedaled out into the open streets with a sense of release that was almost intoxicating. Each push of the pedal loosened the chains of suffocating responsibility. His heart raced, not with fear of being…

  • English - Horror

    The Signal Hill

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Ayan Joshi 1 The train wound its way into Shimla as the first flakes of snow began to fall, softening the mountain town into a postcard of white rooftops, misty pines, and narrow lanes alive with winter tourists. Aarav, carrying his DSLR slung across his shoulder, was the first to leap off the platform with boyish enthusiasm, capturing quick shots of the swirling mist as though he were on assignment. Nisha, in her woolen cap and notebook tucked beneath her arm, followed with a practiced curiosity in her eyes, already framing how this trip might spin into a magazine piece…

  • Crime - English - Suspense

    The Poisoned Lassi

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Pabandeep Singh 1 The day began with a deceptive calm as the Singh family gathered at the ancestral haveli, its sprawling courtyard decorated with marigold garlands and incense smoke curling into the late afternoon sky. The occasion was meant to be one of prayer and ritual, a havan arranged by Harjit Kaur to mark a prosperous harvest season and to offer blessings for the family’s future, but beneath the fragrance of camphor and the rhythmic chanting of the priest lay a storm of unspoken tensions. Gurpreet Singh, the eldest son, stood near the head of the courtyard, his arms crossed…

  • English - Suspense

    Snowfall of Silence

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Arvind Malhotra The Arrival The bus from Delhi shuddered as it wound its way along the serpentine mountain road, the Beas river glinting like a steel blade far below. Arjun Malhotra sat by the window, notebook on his lap, watching the snowy ridges of Kullu rise into sight. Winter here wasn’t like the polite chill of Delhi—it was sharp, biting, and unrelenting. He pulled his muffler tighter but his eyes were alive with purpose. He wasn’t here to admire landscapes. He was chasing a story most people had chosen to ignore. The first whisper had come in an email—anonymous, unsigned.…

  • English - Young Adult

    Skyline Dreams

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Niharika Gupta Chapter 1: Dreams Grounded Rohan Mehra sat cross-legged on the floor of his small Bangalore bedroom, his sketchbook balanced carefully on his knees. The hum of the ceiling fan above mingled with the faint noise of traffic from the streets outside, but he barely noticed; his world existed inside the fine pencil lines and rough outlines of wings and engines. Each page of his notebook bore traces of his obsession—wing spans carefully measured, landing gears penciled in with painstaking detail, and the occasional coffee stain from late-night work when he had refused to let sleep interrupt his imagination.…

  • Crime - English

    Shadows of Alipore Lane

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Arvind Sen Episode 1: The Vanished Widow It was on a sultry September afternoon that I first heard of the case that would change the course of my modest career. The ceiling fan in my small office on College Street turned sluggishly, stirring the stale air, and I was almost dozing over a week-old newspaper when the phone rang. The voice on the other end was brittle, lined with suppressed panic, and unmistakably aristocratic. “Mr. Sen? This is Mrs. Chaudhuri of Alipore Lane. I need your help. My sister-in-law has disappeared. No one believes me, but something terrible has happened.”…

  • English - Romance

    Unspoken Rooms

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Elena Roy Episode 1 – The First Glance The rain had come down hard in the afternoon and left Park Street glistening like a polished mirror under the late sun. Rhea walked quickly, her sandals tapping against the damp pavement, the faint scent of wet earth and fried snacks from roadside stalls curling into the air. She had not planned to stop anywhere, but as she passed the corner café with its green awning dripping with raindrops, she slowed. She had been there a handful of times in her college years, when life was simpler and her evenings less scripted…

  • English - Horror

    The Midnight Game

    August 28, 2025 - By 

    Episode 1 – The Dare The night it began was not chosen for any omen or occasion; it was picked out of boredom. That was the most dangerous part. If the six of them had gathered in the old house because of belief, because of faith in the stories they had read online, perhaps there would have been a kind of reverence in their actions, a hesitation that might have saved them. But boredom—boredom never allows reverence. It breeds mockery, and mockery is exactly what the thing they called into that house was waiting for. The house itself was a…

  • English - Young Adult

    Notes Between the Pages

    August 27, 2025 - By 

    Arunesh Roy The last bell at school had just rung when Ananya slipped through the crowded lanes of College Street, a place she often escaped to when the chatter of her classmates felt too sharp for her quiet thoughts. The street was alive with its usual symphony—hawkers calling out offers, the clatter of trams in the distance, and the faint whiff of roasted peanuts mixing with the musty perfume of old books. Here, she felt both invisible and at home. Booksellers leaned against their stalls, surrounded by mountains of second-hand volumes stacked in haphazard towers that looked as though they…

  • English - Romance

    Beneath the Olive Trees

    August 27, 2025 - By 

    Ayesha Raman Part 1 – The Orchard at Dusk Leila’s camera strap dug lightly into her shoulder as she balanced her tripod against the uneven stones of the village path. The late September sky was folding itself into shades of orange and violet, each layer softer than the last, the horizon bleeding into the sea. She had been chasing this light all day, running from alley to alley, through terracotta rooftops and bougainvillea-draped balconies, but it was here—at the edge of the town—that the light seemed most alive. She spotted a hillock lined with olive trees, their silver leaves catching…