• English - Horror

    The Saltwater Bride

    August 23, 2025 - By 

    Prakash Nayak 1 The train had rattled away hours ago, leaving Dr. Ananya Menon with only the crash of waves and the whisper of palms for company as she entered the fishing village that would become her temporary home. She had come armed with her instruments, notebooks, and the absolute conviction that science could measure everything worth knowing. Yet on her very first evening, as the sea winds thickened with the smell of brine and the restless stir of a storm brewing beyond the horizon, she noticed how the fishermen paused in their work, speaking in hushed tones as if…

  • English - Romance

    Monsoon Letter

    August 8, 2025 - By 

    A. Dev Menon 1 The train ride from Ernakulam to Fort Kochi was slow and blurred with rain, the landscape melting into green paddy fields and red-tiled roofs beneath the gray monsoon sky. Mira Thomas sat by the window, her notebook unopened on her lap, her thoughts adrift. The smell of damp earth and old train seats mingled in the air, but it was the silence inside her that weighed most heavily. Just a week ago, she had packed up her apartment in Mumbai, returned the engagement ring to a velvet box, and walked away from a relationship that had…

  • English - Young Adult

    The Song of the Peacock

    July 9, 2025 - By 

    Vikram Nair Chapter 1: The Flute’s Call The sun hung low over the village of Vypin, casting long shadows across the palm-fringed backwaters that glimmered like silver ribbons. Arjun, a boy of sixteen, stood on the rickety dock, watching the fishermen return with their daily catch. The salty breeze tousled his unruly hair, and the familiar scent of the river filled his lungs. Yet, despite the peaceful scene around him, Arjun felt a deep sense of restlessness. His heart was not in the daily grind of fishing that his family had been bound to for generations. While his father, Raghavan,…

  • English - Travel

    Waves of Wanderlust- A Journey Through Kerala

    June 6, 2025 - By 

    Tanvi Iyer Chapter 1: Arrival & Munnar’s Tea Gardens The winding road through Kerala’s Western Ghats unfolded like a lush green ribbon beneath the soft morning mist. Rohan leaned slightly out of the car window, breathing in the cool, damp air tinged with the sweet fragrance of earth and tea leaves. The city chaos he’d left behind in Mumbai seemed like a distant memory now, replaced by the gentle murmur of nature awakening in the hills of Munnar. At 1600 meters above sea level, Munnar was a sanctuary of rolling tea plantations, winding rivers, and misty mountains that seemed to…