Short Stories

The launch of the military grade geosynchronous satellite ‘NADA-1’ went unobserved by many as was the norm with most military operations of this nature. The satellite stabilised at 35,786 kilometres above the earth and settled into its orbit. Unlike all the other artificial satellites in...

“Son, let yourself in; I’ll put an extra key on the top step, under the mat.” Day or night, I could get inside without bothering my folks. Dad first made the key available when I lived in the college dorm. “Dad, I’ll call you or Mom first....

Loud voices drowned the little hope I had. They were voices of loved ones I had called in a brief moment of panic. Here, they were; everyone had an opinion, an idea of what I should do. The doctor’s report lay on my centre table. It...

Bro Peter and Sis Pat Pataki (The Pees) were very religious people. They worshipped mammon though they knew it not. Neither would they believe it even if they were told. They were loved and respected by all and sundry in the church, in their groups...