Still

by Debashree Basak | Apr 9, 2026 | Short Stories

I named her Dream. Her eyes held a bazillion stories—stories untouched by judgment, wrapped instead in soft, jejune hues of days long lost. Her diaphanous mane flowed like those carefree days, and the single spiraled horn at the center of her forehead crowned her with...

Scintillating Selene

by Debashree Basak | Dec 5, 2025 | Poetry

Mystic midnight marvels (6) Demure dreams deepen gloaming glow (8) ebony ether (5) Silently shaping soft skies (7) Darkness deepens (4) Star-spangled, weaving warmth (6) Mellow, magical moon (6)         Author’s Note: The poem is on poetic style...

The Becoming (Free Verse)

by Debashree Basak | Nov 29, 2025 | Poetry

  She now seeks no perfection, nor does she seek validation but once she thrived on superficial hums placed on a stranger’s lips then she voiced her opinion, emerging strong every day, now she owns her unvarnished version. Breaking free from the reins of an...

Perfection?

by Debashree Basak | Oct 2, 2025 | Short Stories

It was a usual morning. Dawn broke not with birdsong but with the low hum of circuits. Simulated Moyo breathed in perfect rhythm, with painted skies with programmable auroras. Robots tended every street, pruning shadows, repairing silence. Yet one night, a glitch...

Sudden Stillness- Whispers of the deep

by Debashree Basak | May 18, 2025 | Poetry

There’s sudden silence- whispers of the deep In the 𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒅𝒐𝒕𝒂 (silence) of placid waters 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒂𝒓 (my) 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒕𝒂 (void) festoons hollow cries Sometimes the waves are restive 𝒎𝒖𝒌𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆 (in freedom) Sometimes they are calm in 𝒏𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒃 𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒚 (silent retreat) Is 𝒋𝒊𝒃𝒐𝒏...