Tags : realism

Preface

Preface

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


Some things I'd like you to read before you start with my story
Note

Note

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


This tale is not narrated by its lead characters in English. Their accounts are transliterated to English for the reader’s benefit. Their nativ..
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


18th June 2010, 12.30 A.M. Trichy. Ben-to-be The call comes not long after I have folded up my labours for the day and settled mys..
Chapter 2

Chapter 2

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


18th June 2010, 12.33 A.M. Madurai. Tee-to-be “- he pretend to call a wrong number?” It takes me a while to und..
Chapter 3

Chapter 3

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


18th June 2010, 09:00 A.M. Madurai. Tee-to-be No sooner has he woken up the next morning than he checks out his cell phone. Nothing..
Chapter 5

Chapter 5

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


9th August 2010, 11.10 A.M. Trichy. Tee “Okay, are you on the Collector Office Road now?” “Yes,” Ra..
Chapter 6

Chapter 6

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


19th September 2010, 10.00 A.M. Trichy. Ben I wish it were a park again. At least, a park. The plan is all set, she’..
Chapter 7

Chapter 7

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


19th September 2010, 11.20 A.M. Trichy. Ben “… and you should have seen this guy beside him.” “What..
Chapter 8

Chapter 8

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


19th September 2010, 06.00 P.M. Somewhere between Madurai and Trichy Tee I see Raghu’s body convulse. I see his eyes pop open..
Chapter 9

Chapter 9

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


20th September 2012, 06.00 P.M. Trichy. Ben Her phone comes to life for what seems to be the hundredth time. I search into it as an..
Chapter 10

Chapter 10

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


22nd September 2014, 05.00 P.M. Chennai. Once-a-Ben “I don’t understand why you get us back to square one all over agai..
Chapter 4

Chapter 4

A Chapter by Smooth Criminal


15th July 2010, 5.00 P.M. Chennai. Ben Anitha would remember today for a long time to come. This date represents the determining fo..
Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Eat, Sleep, Repeat

A Poem by Nikolas


How to liveIt's played out like instructionsOne day follows the nextContinuouslyStuck in a loopLike a mouse wheelOr a nooseGetting nowhere but hereI m..
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An Elegy for Dreams?

A Poem by Lwydd


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Life Accountable

A Poem by modtoddinc


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Undisclosed Energy

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A Poem by veracity


Describes the frustration that may occur given some deep thought towards humanity's current state.