• The boy who wished on trains

    Hello, yes you, you over there, yes I mean you, are you listening? Are you ready? Come closer, a little more, no that’s it. Are you here or is your mind wandering away? Take a minute, take a breath, this is important so I need you to focus. Snap my finger, hello? Yes good. No…

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  • Things they don’t tell you about writing

    You would hope, think, assume that the hardest part of being a writer would be writing. In case you missed the heavy dose of sarcasm in that line, let me tell you, writing is the easiest part of being a writer!

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  • The coffee is getting cold

    “Hey…psst…hey, where do you think they are? They are never this late. I was told they love us.”

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  • Vol. 1 Issue #8: Night and day

    Fire and pain. Screams. Did they belong to the people she had killed? Or did they belong to her? Where did she end and they begin? Was Abhor a part, perpetrator or god of this living hell?

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  • Vol. 1 Issue #7: Mirroring

    Vol. 1 Issue #7: Mirroring

    It was the knowledge that Abhor was recruiting an army that finally pushed Shades to drop all pretences of being Sarla and once again take up the personality of her alter-ego. Suddenly she had access to not only all her powers but also her anger and the drive to make a difference. As Sarla she…

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  • Vol. 1 Issue #6: The darkness

    Sarla was leaning over Gauri, feeling panicked. Though she looked okay, there was no way to be sure if Gauri was still Gauri till she woke up. She saw her stirring and felt relieved. “Lemon, how are you feeling my child?” Gauri felt like she had just finished doing twenty squats in gym class. She…

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  • Vol. 1 Issue #5: Helcynth

    Vol. 1 Issue #5: Helcynth

    Sarla had lost track of time. From the outside, the breach in the mountain had looked finite. The way Abhor’s general had described it, a place you could reach within a few minutes. Now it seemed like they had been on this path for eons and would never find its end. A panic set in…

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