by Gowri Bhargav | Jan 2, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Stories
The bleached sky seems to sing dirges as mellow snowflakes descend without making any noise. Brown and brittle leaves lay scattered all across the yard. Cool crisp winter air sweeps past me and I shiver. The fireplace is neither lit nor decked with any poinsettias. I...
by Gowri Bhargav | Aug 2, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Stories
The sky was overladen with dark clouds and the sizzling ground was abated by a few stray raindrops. Ah! The heavenly petrichor–it carried resounding memories. I was reminded of the day when Ramesh had come with his parents to see me – the same old-fashioned way to...
by Gowri Bhargav | Jun 2, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Stories
“APPA! It’s blazing hot and to make matters worse there’s a power shut-down. Coming to the village during the summer vacation was a bad idea. You had promised to take us to a theme park,” yelled Sundari at her father. “Calm down,...
by Gowri Bhargav | May 2, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Stories
” Sundari, what’s wrong with you? I seem to have no clue. I see paint splashed all over the floor. You’ve doodled on the walls and doors.” Sundari’s father was worried about his daughter’s strange behavior. He was quite upset with her....
by Gowri Bhargav | Mar 4, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Stories
“Sundari, Sundari?” Sundari’s father searched for her inside every room. “Where is she? It’s so unlikely for her to wake up this early on a Sunday morning,” he thought. As he unfurled the curtains of the balcony, he saw little Sundari feeding grains to the pigeons....
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