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The Nightmare

Arshia Qazi   Mar 25, 2006   interacts: 6

He seems to be in some kind of trance, like a person approaching death and denying anything that life has

Strange Tales of a Strange House - Al-Kausar

Zia Ghory   Mar 10, 2004   interacts: 11

They say the house is haunted. By the ghost of the old man who built it. By the ghost of

That Whore

Urstruly    Mar 29, 2004   interacts: 90

'Angraizi chummi?…ughh… that is gross' she raised her eyebrows 'you didn't tell me that…'

Cast Away Fear

nida Qureshi   Jun 28, 2004   interacts: 7

I was not trying to kill myself, I was just running after the sun, I was trying to save it

Fauzia’s Rejection

A Bismil   May 18, 2005   interacts: 321

Fauzia stood in front a full length mirror, staring at her naked body. Her skin was a smooth mocha colored

Baby’s Room

Sucheta Potnis   Apr 15, 2004   interacts: 24

She got up then, and laughed out aloud, her laughter drowning out the baby’s cries. As the baby heard the

Forty Winks

Abdullah Arian   Feb 5, 2003   interacts: 8

Where do you draw the line between fantasy and reality?

Oh So Vicious

shyema khan   Mar 25, 2005   interacts: 12

She had instructed me to stay away from him because she really liked him. She was only joking about how

White

Tahera Sajid   Aug 13, 2007   interacts: 6

A lone tear escapes her eye. And burns a trail down my cheek.

Ganapathy and The Drillmaster

Bindu V Shridar   Nov 9, 2000   interacts: 12

Ganapathy loved food. In any form, shape or size

The End of The World

Quinton Zondervan   Nov 5, 2002   interacts: 11

It will then begin scanning in the minds of those who wish to participate

The Olive Trees

storyteller    May 21, 2004   interacts: 17

On our way to Khan Yunus we had seen thousands and thousands of trees that had been cut

A Liftman, A Job Well Done

Sheela Jaywant   Sep 2, 2004   interacts: 10

“Why does your mother have to carry your bag ?”
“I can’t.”
“Why not? You have one hand, don’t you?”

Mother

Mohammed Amjed   Sep 13, 2003   interacts: 34

Mother’s eyes are glossy wet with affection and smoke ...

Conversion Confusion

sameena khan   Feb 26, 2004   interacts: 13

Naila’s wedding is as old as Uzma’s younger son…running into six…and she is still issueless. Initially, the delay was intentional…the

He and She

Gomathy Subramanian   Jul 19, 2007   interacts: 8

She ran after him and they looked like two small kids playing in the water.

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