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November 10, 2019
The Abandoned Idol – #sundayphotofiction
Photo Credit: MicheleBlanche
Johnny felt frightened standing in the middle of all the rejected wax idols. These were the idols that had been abandoned midway to completion because of defects. In the light of his torch, the idols looked so real that Johnny almost expected them to speak to him. Jacky had told him that he had hidden the diamond inside the collar of an idol that had been abandoned mid-way to being made into a replica of Sherlock Holmes.
Jacky had mentioned that the...
November 9, 2019
The Human Seasons – #WRITEPHOTO
I sat bolt upright on the bed and looked at the woman who was sitting by my side. I was startled. Was it really Liz who was seated on the edge of the bed? I had buried her only yesterday! Liz, my wife of twenty years, whom I loved with all my heart. The person without whom I was a lost soul!
Liz and I had been married for a very long time. We had enjoyed every moment of our married life. We were made for each other. And suddenly out of the blue Liz had been diagn...
November 7, 2019
Autumn Shadows By Tomichan Matheikal – Book Review
Title: Autumn Shadows
Author: Tomichan Matheikal
Genre: Autobiography
Pages: 221
Link For Purchase: Autumn Shadows
My Take:
Pros:
The author has taken us through the various phases of his life, the highs and lows, the happy and sorrowful moments truthfully and sincerely. In presenting himself to the world Tomichan Matheikal has been ruthlessly honest. The book has been written keeping interest alive from the first word to the last and keeps the reader absorbed throughout. Tomichan gives us a look into his child...
November 4, 2019
The Tree – Sunday Photo Fiction
Image Credit: Katie S.
The boy was feeling bored. He watched the golden rays of the setting sun spread across the sky. The glorious phenomenon did nothing to bring an answering echo to his heart. He had the whole evening stretching in front of him. He had been feeling bored for a long time now. He looked at the row of trees at a distance. Some trees bore white fruit. The boy’s attention was caught by one particular tree that seemed to have red fruits hangin...
November 2, 2019
The Drink – #FridayFictioneers
PHOTO PROMPT © Fatima Fakier Deria
Johnny climbed laboriously up the vertical wall. He had been climbing for a long time and was tired. He rested for a minute and looked up towards the top. The surface had been extremely slippery. He finally reached the top. He began to make his descent down the other side. After some time Johnny finally reached his destination. It had been a tough climb as the surface had been very rugged initia...
October 31, 2019
BOOK REVIEW – CALL ME AL: THE HERO’s HA-HA JOURNEY
Title: CALL ME AL: THE HERO’S HA-HA JOURNEY
Author: Sheheryar B. Sheikh
Genre: Political Satire
Pages: 294
Purchase At: Call Me Al: The Hero’s Ha-Ha Journey
Synopsis: Altamaash the entertainer misstepped on to history’s stage to become a politician and created a lifetime’s worth of chaos and destruction in Pakistan. Now exiled to a London mansion, abandoned even by sycophants, Al yearns to relive the glory days of his rise to power. But the old guard has passed, and the colonial hangover in his ho...
October 8, 2019
The Often Trodden Path – #WRITEPHOTO
Tom looked at the beautiful colors surrounding him as he walked along the small path. The leaves looked so beautiful at this time of the year. Two weeks back he had been unable to walk around this place. Every time he tried to walk he would find himself running back to the villa in terror. Those were the initial days after he had just inherited the estate from his late wife Kathy.
Those days he had had visions of the leaves of the trees in thi...
September 26, 2019
Book Review: The Girl On The Train By Paula Hawkins – #MyFriendAlexa
Title: The Girl on The Train
Author: Paula Hawkins
Genre: Suspense thriller
No of pages: 316
Link for Purchase: The Girl on The Train
Synopsis: EVERY DAY THE SAME Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cosy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. S...
September 23, 2019
The Future Of Planet Earth – #WRITEPHOTO
Johnson Crusoe looked at the dark patches of clouds in the sky. The golden rays of the planet’s Sun spread their fingers around the clouds making the sky shine with a fiery orange hue. Johnson had arrived on this planet three days back. He had set off from Earth in the spaceship Voyager XV on a mission to explore the farthest corners of space and find new habitable planets for homo sapiens to colonize.
But just before landi...
September 18, 2019
How To Choose A Camera – #MyFriendAlexa
Let us say a situation arises suddenly wherein you want to buy a camera at very short notice. The reasons for wanting to invest in a camera could be many. Maybe you are a college student who has been smitten by the itch to become a photographer and you want to get your feet wet straight away. Maybe you are a fifty-something dad like me who wants to gift his teenage daughter a present on her 16th birthday.
You go to the shop and that is wh...
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