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...
by Debashree Basak | Nov 13, 2022 | Poetry
The glistening moonlight rippled, ‘midst the star-spangled ebony skies, Bathing us in hypnotic glow, Replete with glinting emotions. The coupled quivering lips stretched, The glistening moonlight rippled, Sauntering through our tepid souls,...
by Debashree Basak | Aug 8, 2022 | My Books
When I started my soulful journey into the world of writing, I was awestruck by the solace it offered. Initially it was only my words and I. I let my heart out on paper sans any judgements. Gradually, with the passage of time Iโd realized itโs the way I process my...