• English - Suspense

    The Serpent Manuscript

    September 19, 2025 - By 

    Ethan Ray Episode 1: The Chamber Beneath the Library The storm over Florence had come without warning. Thunder rumbled across the Arno, rattling the glass panes of the Biblioteca Laurenziana as Professor Adrian Keller leaned over a spread of faded manuscripts. The medieval library, usually hushed in reverence, vibrated faintly with the sound of rain pounding against the roof tiles. The air smelled of ink, vellum, and age. Keller’s fingers, ink-stained from decades of work, trembled slightly as he turned the page of a sixteenth-century codex. He wasn’t supposed to be here alone. The library’s director had granted him a…

  • English - Suspense

    The Indigo Map

    August 27, 2025 - By 

    Ananya Dutta The Letter That Wouldn’t Fade The parcel arrived the way August rain arrives in Kolkata—suddenly, without apology. Brown paper had drunk a little water and dried into puckers; a twine knot sat like a small clenched fist in the middle. The return handwriting was unmistakable: forward-leaning letters, each one as if braced for a sprint. Mira Dutta had buried her grandfather two months ago, and yet here he was again, tapping her shoulder from the past. She slit the paper with a steel ruler and lifted out a flat wooden folder polished by long use. A note lay…

  • English - Suspense

    NIGHT WITHOUT EXITS

    August 26, 2025 - By 

    Aarav Mehta At 02:17 a.m., my phone rang with the same number that had stopped calling me eight years ago, a ghost of ten digits branded into the inside of my skull, and by the second ring my ribs felt like a locked drawer someone was rummaging through; I swiped, whispered “hello,” and heard only the soft clicking of a line held slightly open, air carrying the distant hum of traffic and a faint three-note whistle that I recognized from a forgotten Kolkata monsoon when an informant named R—had told me you could train a bird to return home but…

  • English - Suspense

    The Vanishing Ledger

    August 21, 2025 - By 

    Arjun Malhotra  The Broken Lock The house stood at the far end of Chitpur Road like a stubborn relic, refusing to collapse even as the rest of north Kolkata modernized and decayed in equal measure. Its high arched windows were shattered, its stucco walls streaked with moss, and weeds sprouted in wild abandon from the cracks in its courtyard. The demolition crew had arrived at dawn with their rust-colored machines, but Rohan had been there before them, notebook in hand, his camera dangling from his neck, watching as the first hammer struck the gates of the house. Freelance assignments were…

  • Bangla - রহস্য গল্প

    শূন্যচক্র

    June 30, 2025 - By 

    পর্ব ১: সেই খামখানা চিঠি বৃষ্টিভেজা কলকাতার সন্ধ্যায়, ইউনিভার্সিটি ক্যাম্পাসের লাইব্রেরির নরম আলোয় বসে ছিল অনির্বাণ। ইতিহাসের ছাত্র, বইপাগল, এবং ভীষণরকম নিঃসঙ্গ। লাইব্রেরির শেষ তাক থেকে পুরোনো ধুলোবালিতে মোড়া একটা খাম পেয়েছিল সে। উপরে কোনো প্রেরকের নাম নেই, শুধু একটা লাল মোমের সীল—তার ওপর আঁকা ছিল একটা গোলচিহ্ন, তার ভেতরে চোখের মতো কিছু একটা, যেন কোনো গুপ্ত প্রতীক। খুলতেই ভিতরে পাওয়া গেল হাতের লেখায় লেখা চার লাইনের একটা ছড়া— “যেখানে সময় থেমে থাকে, আর ছায়া গিলতে চায় আলো, তুমি যদি চাও জানতে সত্য, এসো শূন্যচক্রে, নিঃশব্দ চলো।” অনির্বাণের বুকের ভিতর কেমন যেন কাঁপুনি ধরল। এতদিনের নিঃসার জীবনটা আচমকা যেন কোনো…