by Debashree Basak | Jan 3, 2023 | Short Stories, Memories
Everything around seemed to be an aching reminder of the muted past. The wafting aroma of strawberry cake from the nearby cafรฉ piqued my nostalgia. The first bite of the cake was exclusively for me always. ‘Twas the same cafe that had witnessed two souls falling...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 15, 2022 | Poetry
All I want, is a winter wonderland Shimmering in its icy serenade Donning crystal white gowns Echoing calmness through all towns All I want, is a winter wonderland Pirouetting wintry willow wands Stirring in wintry dreams Whispering warm words in arrays of...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 2, 2022 | Short Stories, Horror/Thriller
I still quaver with rage for the way I was made to depart. The hysterical wails of my grieving family made me antsy but I was helpless that day. Iโm jolted back to the present, with the warmth of mamaโs hand on the granite headstone. Just like the way sheโd graze her...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 2, 2022 | Short Stories, Comedy
A few decades have passed by since I last heard that kinda โmusicโ (if at all, I can call it music). As an adolescent my sense of music was rock-bottom in the truest sense. My mom used to yell her lungs out, with her incessant rants โswitch it off, will you? These...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 2, 2022 | Short Stories, Horror/Thriller
Itโs the same nightmare! Every time I see her ascending the stairs to that picturesque but haunted palace. Extreme fear floods my body coursing through every vein, bone and organ as I see an ominous ray of light glinting on her lustrous mane. Earnestly trying to...
