• English - Horror

    The Tea Estate’s Secret

    September 21, 2025 - By 

    Srirupa Deka The story begins in the sprawling tea gardens of Assam, where the rolling hills are carpeted in green, and the morning sun often struggles to pierce through a shroud of heavy mist. For the laborers who spend their days plucking delicate tea leaves, the mist is more than just a veil of nature—it is the cloak of a tale whispered across generations. They speak of the “White Lady,” a spectral figure said to wander the gardens after dusk, her presence heralded by a voice so hauntingly sweet that even the strongest men cannot resist its pull. By day,…

  • Crime - English

    The Cochin Conspiracy

    July 28, 2025 - By 

    Krishnan Iyer 1 The coastal air of Fort Kochi carried a certain salt-heavy stillness that morning, interrupted only by the frantic footsteps of an old caretaker rushing through the arched corridors of St. Francis Church. Sunlight filtered lazily through stained glass, casting jewel-toned halos on the ancient tiled floor as birds fluttered from the rafters. The caretaker, Murali, breathless and trembling, pointed to the raised altar where a priceless relic once stood — the intricately carved Pietà, gifted by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, now gone without a trace. No broken locks, no forced doors, not even a footprint…

  • English - Suspense

    The Echoes of Room 107

    July 4, 2025 - By 

    Anjali Varma Chapter 1 The taxi snaked its way up the misty incline, past shuttered tea stalls and damp pine groves, until the silhouette of the Grand Eden Hotel loomed into view—its faded Tudor façade and ivy-strangled balconies exhaling secrets of a time long past. Aanya Mehra leaned forward from the backseat, pressing her hand to the fogged-up window. She had seen photographs of the place—black-and-white postcards tucked into history books and archived reports—but nothing prepared her for the haunting elegance of the real thing. Built in 1893, the hotel was a relic of the British Raj, its corridors having…