• English - Horror

    Puppet Strings

    August 11, 2025 - By 

    Amrita Lakhani Chapter 1 – Return to the Haveli The late afternoon sun draped the Rajasthani landscape in molten gold as Meera Rathore’s jeep rolled through the dusty road leading to her ancestral village. The air was thick with the scent of dry earth and marigold garlands strung outside small houses in preparation for an upcoming festival. For Meera, a heritage researcher who had spent years in Jaipur’s archives and museums, this trip was meant to be purely academic — an opportunity to document traditional kathputli puppet-making in its most authentic form. Yet, as the outline of the Rathore haveli…

  • English - Suspense

    The Vanishing at Vaitarna

    July 22, 2025 - By 

    Sourendra Kumar The envelope was old, yellowed at the edges, and bore no return address. Just her name — Kavya Rao — scrawled in ink that had smudged ever so slightly, as if the writer’s hands had trembled. It had arrived amidst a stack of predictable mail — utility bills, press invites, and a food delivery coupon — but the moment Kavya touched it, something shifted. Inside was a faded black-and-white photograph of a mist-covered river and a torn note in careful block letters: “They never left — they were taken. Vaitarna doesn’t forget.” She stared at the image. The…