• English - Young Adult

    The Sky Between Buildings

    August 21, 2025 - By 

    Kyra D’Souza Part 1 – The Rooftop Silence The city never really sleeps, but there are these odd hours when even the traffic feels like it’s breathing slow. Three in the morning, maybe four. You don’t check the clock because if you do, you’ll be reminded that life is running faster than you are, and you’re not ready to feel guilty again. So you let time blur, let the empty streets below hum like background music. On the rooftop of an old building where the paint has peeled into random maps, I sit with my knees pulled up, cigarette unlit…

  • Crime - English

    The Listener

    August 14, 2025 - By 

    Devraj Sinha Part 1 — The Echo in the Dark The gallery stood like a lone lantern in the sleeping street, its glass façade throwing pale squares of light onto wet cobblestones. Midnight rain had just stopped, leaving the air sharp with that metallic scent London kept after a downpour. Lena Brooks had been watching the place for an hour, hood drawn low, hands in her jacket pocket, the spray can warm against her palm. She’d chosen this night carefully. No security guard on the roster—she’d checked the rota online—and the CCTV camera above the side alley had been broken…

  • Hindi - क्राइम कहानियाँ

    खामोश गवाह

    July 29, 2025 - By 

    अनिरुद्ध राजन मिश्रा वाराणसी की तंग गलियों में वो रात कुछ ज्यादा ही खामोश थी, जैसे कोई बड़ा तूफान पहले ही सब उजाड़ चुका हो। इंस्पेक्टर अयान शुक्ला की जीप जब कोतवाली इलाके की उस मोड़ पर पहुँची, तो चारों तरफ भीड़ जमा हो चुकी थी। लाल-नीली बत्तियों की चमक पुलिस की असहज उपस्थिति दर्ज करा रही थी, लेकिन वहां खड़ा हर शख्स जानता था — ये कोई आम मर्डर नहीं। “कौन है?” अयान ने उतरते ही पूछा। “साहब… एक औरत है,” कॉन्स्टेबल दुबे ने सिर झुकाते हुए जवाब दिया, “किसी ने सिर पर वार किया है, मौके पर ही…

  • Crime - English - Suspense

    The Architect’s Alibi

    July 20, 2025 - By 

    Meghna Rao 1 The skies over Bengaluru were unusually clear that Thursday morning as dignitaries, media personnel, and shareholders gathered beneath a white canopy set up in front of the city’s newest architectural marvel—Skyrise X. Towering fifty-four stories high, its glass façade shimmered like a knife under sunlight, cutting through the skyline of the tech capital with defiant elegance. Designed by the legendary Arvind Raghavan and funded by real estate giant R&R Infrastructures, the building was hailed as the future of vertical urban living—complete with rooftop gardens, automated energy grids, and helipad access. Cameras flashed, champagne flowed, and applause erupted…

  • Crime - English

    Redial

    June 26, 2025 - By 

    Part 1: The Dead Number Rehan Mehta’s phone buzzed once. Then again. Then it stopped. Half-asleep, he groaned and turned over in bed, pulling the blanket over his head. The digital clock on his desk blinked 2:13 AM in a harsh red glow. Whoever it was could wait. But then he saw the notification: 1 new voicemail from Unknown Number. He sat up. Unknown numbers weren’t unusual in his line of work — Rehan was an investigative journalist for The Daily Ledger. But voicemails at 2 AM? That was new. He plugged in his headphones and hit play. Static. Then…