original short stories and narrative pieces

this page contains my attempt at writing short stories and narrative pieces of fiction. for easy referencing, i have added tags which give you a hint of what a narrative piece is about and its underlying mood. i have also marked some of them with an asterisk (*) – these are the ones i am happy i wrote. do give all of the below a try and hopefully you will have a good time.

1. * A Morning of Many Nights [beat, trippy, experimental] ^{Jun 2021}
2. * One in a Million [couple, love, death, pandemic] ^{Apr 2021}
3. The Fire That Burns Some [casteism, sci-fi] ^{Nov 2020}
4. * Frame – Press Release [sci-fi] ^{May 2020}
5. Snowfall [poetry, chance encounter, photograph]^{May 2020}
6. Butterflies [adult, dark] ^{Feb 2020}
7. * Stories We Tell [family, brother] ^{May 2019}
8. You Should Never Count The Hours [childhood, death, memory] ^{Mar 2017}
9. Death of a Conversation [adult, experimental, trippy, death] ^{Nov 2016}
10. * A Crowded Family [childhood, death, memory, sister] ^{Aug 2016}
11. The Day Both Cried [adultery, memory, love] ^{May 2016}
12. * Ice and the Storyteller [religion, myth, himalayas, shiva] ^{April 2016}
13. Menaka [ambition, love, myth] ^{April 2016}
14. Mumbai, or Bombay [nostalgia, cityscape] ^{Jan 2016}
15. I Will Take You There – Part 1 [magic, fantasy] ^{Jan 2016}
16. Original Copy [love, memory, sci-fi] ^{Jan 2016}
17. * Sunset – Part 2 [existentialism, memory, experimental] ^{Oct 2015}
18. Sunset – Part 1 [father-daughter, god, experimental] ^{Sep 2015}
19. Won but Lost [books, rivalry] ^{Sep 2015}
20. Sir [teacher, love, books, memory] ^{Aug 2015}
21. Freedom [independence, music] ^{Aug 2015}
22. The Book Club [books, himalayas, loss] ^{Jun 2015}
23. * Mohan Lodge [fantasy, horror] ^{Apr 2015}
24. Sockets of Senses [travel, love] ^{Apr 2015}
25. * Sister [memory, remorse] ^{Feb 2015}
26. Chingo [sci-fi, guilt] ^{Jan 2015}
27. Sodium in Water [eve-teasing, revenge] ^{Jan 2015}
28. * Lessons in Love [love, books] ^{Dec 2014 – Wrote with my girlfriend, now my wife}
29. Traveler [love, sci-fi] ^{Dec 2014}
30. The Tree of Nostalgia [memory, family, friend] ^{Dec 2014 – Wrote with a friend}
31. Painter [love, himalayas] ^{Nov 2014}
32. The Land of Congruence [books, love, calcutta] ^{Nov 2014}
33. * Nowhere Man, or In Lieu of Music [music, experimental] ^{Nov 2014}
34. * A Strand of Hair [dystopia, sci-fi] ^{Oct 2014}
35. Memories of Love [love, memory] ^{Sep 2014}
36. * Pattern of Events [guilt, death] ^{Sep 2014}
37. Rainy Evening [family, gun] ^{Jul 2014}
38. Memory and Kiss [memory, time] ^{Jun 2014}
39. * I am Safe [horror] ^{Jul 2013}
40. Silly! [love, longing] ^{Jul 2013}
41. One Day [sarcasm, common man] ²⁰¹¹
42. Parting in Love [dark, love] ²⁰¹¹
43. * I am Music [music, fantasy] ²⁰¹⁰
44. Love on Grave [adult, dark] ²⁰¹⁰
45. * Listening to a Crow [sarcasm, dark] ²⁰¹⁰