by Debashree Basak | Sep 28, 2021 | Short Stories
Since the time I was born, I was incarcerated within the morbid, chaotic prejudices. I yearned for a breather to break free the feigned passage of time. None seemed to approve of my ‘non-girlish’ dreams I was compelled to believe my dreams were delusional. Albeit,...
by Debashree Basak | Mar 17, 2021 | Short Stories
Every evening, Debbie still plays with that carton. “10, 9, 8, 7…..1… ready or not, here I come”! she squeals with joy. Uncovering her face, she runs around their verdant green backyard looking for her only son Dylan. “Okay.. Dylan, come out I say, Mamma’s getting...
by Debashree Basak | Jan 7, 2021 | Short Stories
Shankari felt relaxed as she retired for the day. The plush diaphanous comforter seemed to augment her somnolence. Just when she was about to doze off her thoughts dragged her into the abrasive and meandering lanes of the past. ** Despite being a...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 28, 2020 | Short Stories
Post lunch, Riyasha took out a book to read, when a tattered photograph of a teenager popped out. Three decades has elapsed, but she could still sniff her old self amidst her refurbished self. Her husband walked out on her, within a...
by Debashree Basak | Dec 8, 2020 | Short Stories
Gazing at the deserted shelves of aisle 7, I reminisce about the very first day I met her. Her luminous hazel eyes were a radiating warm sun warmed with inner gold. When combined with the gentleness of her other facial features and honeyed skin she was capable of...
