Following A DreamHe looked up and found his handmade sackcloth upon the shelf of his room. He picked it up and stuffed into it a few of his belongings…charts, papyrus, scripts, a reed pen, a small crystal and a few scrolls. His wife and three sons came into the room with tears in their eyes.“Father, please don’t go,” beseeched one of his sons, kneeling down at his father’s … [Read more...] about #shortstory ‘Following A Dream’ by Fiza Pathan
Short Stories
#shortstory ‘The Lamb and the Voices’ by Fiza Pathan
The Lamb and the Voices It was a very gusty-stormy day, when the woodland trees were drenched and the animals were shivering in their homes from the bitter cold that a young lamb had strayed away from his flock. He was terrified not only, because he was lost, but also because he had heard about the various creatures that could attack him in the woods. Furthermore, he was soaked … [Read more...] about #shortstory ‘The Lamb and the Voices’ by Fiza Pathan
#shortstory It was a dark, stormy, moonless night . . .
It was a dark, stormy, moonless night. The man stepped out of the church which stood at the end of the forest path. The church stood behind the man . . . dark and silent. It was an old Franciscan church built in 1320 and deserted by the end of World War One. The man walked into the graveyard, his hands in his jean pockets. The rain fell across the full forest landscape … [Read more...] about #shortstory It was a dark, stormy, moonless night . . .
#short story NO NAME
It was Christmas Eve and there was merriment going on to the loud beat of club dance music all over Mumbai. It was late evening, Jacob and his friends were ‘clubbing’ with beer and shouting at the DJ to increase the volume of the music to full blast.“Hey dude, turn up the volume! Don’t you want us to have a ‘Merry’ Christmas,” said Jacob in a half drunk voice as he danced … [Read more...] about #short story NO NAME
Eight Eagles On The Rampage
Eight hungry and ferocious young eagles with long black beaks and sharp grey clawed feet were flying over each and every part of the surrounding land looking for some food to eat. Suddenly one hungry brown eagle nudged one of the eagles with a white feathery head whom he called ‘Bobby” and motioned him towards a little spot below them with lush green trees and a tiny little … [Read more...] about Eight Eagles On The Rampage