Stories
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The tourist
Won the Ruskin Bond Literary Award at Dehradun Literature Fest 2023 – A fascinating ghost story with an unexpected end
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Number four
When it rains at night, and you await your ride at a bus stand, be scared…
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Once at dusk
Story By Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar Nirvi hadn’t seen a better a sunset in her 26 years of existence. The sun was low on the horizon splashing yellow all over the landscape. A peacock perched on a nearby rock fitted perfectly with the backdrop of the sand outstretched in every direction that the eye could see. Nirvi…
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Nobs finds Hops
by Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar “Hops! Where are you?” Nobs crawled on looking from left to right, two steps forward and turning back again. It has been a few months now, Nobs can see Hops – turning a corner while on land or beckoning him from the land whilst he is in his elevated water home –…
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Rusty goes swimming…
By Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar Little Rusty was anxious. She had not seen Tommy since yesterday evening. Initially they thought Tommy must have gone swimming across the ridge which he loved to do often but it had been too long he should have returned. Rusty and Silu were just wandering along the ridge. This huge water body…
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The G’lander kids
The detour was a small one, hardly a couple of fathoms more than the usual way home. It was bordered by a line of very tall bushes and no one knew what lay beyond. At least the children of Giti’s age didn’t. He never asked his parents as he knew the answer he would get,…
