She came home to a find her snow-white puppy was covered in any colour but white! A quick trip to her art room revealed the reason. Biscuit had somehow managed to get in, yet again. © 2018 Shweta Suresh. All rights reserved. Written in response to prompt by Three Line Tales. Thanks to Sonya for hosting … Continue reading Three Line Tale #4
Dear Chester, I can't quite believe that you've been gone for over a year. It seems as if it were yesterday that I heard that shocking news for the first time. I stared blankly, reading and re-reading the message. Surely, it couldn't be true! The message didn't sink in then. Neither did it sink in … Continue reading Dear Chester,
Summer was in. The school was out. While kids his age were spending the summer obsessing over video games, Adi had other plans. Volunteering to help clean up the local beach was his favourite summer activity. Adi loved to make a difference; Saving the environment, one beach at a time. (280 characters) Written in response … Continue reading tiny tale #45: Summertime
She stared at the barren expanse that lay in front of her and heaved a sigh, bored from the long wait. Ironic that the blue planet was now anything but blue. Her watch informed her that the next shuttle to the Mars Rehabilitation Centre was 5 minutes away. © 2018 Shweta Suresh. All rights reserved. … Continue reading Three Line Tale #3: The expanse
Expectations: warm fuzzies. Reality: wet blanket! Written in response to the #SixWordStoryChallenge prompt: Expectations (Check this link for more six-word stories inspired by this prompt!) Please click here to read the six word stories that I've previously published on this blog. Thanks to Kirsty for hosting this amazing challenge! 🙂 The #SixWordStoryChallenge is a weekly … Continue reading six word story #38
Abuse and pain were all he knew. The numerous scars on his body attested to his suffering. The wounds had healed, but the scars remained... Even now, the very sight of chains has him cowering... whining in pain. The rescue pup has a long road to recovery. (247 characters) Written in response to the Twittering … Continue reading tiny tale #44: Chains…
Thousands of saplings were planted, The ever-diminishing greenery heaved a sigh of relief. But Mother Earth had more pressing worries, for, along with the saplings came thousands of plastic covers... abandoned... left to the mercy of the Forces of Nature. Image courtesy: Pixabay Author's Note: A rather ironic tale, if I dare say so myself. … Continue reading tiny tale #43: World Environment Day Special
She has zero tolerance for dishonesty. Image courtesy: Sushant Suresh Here are the links to my #AtoZChallenge posts from last year. Click on any letter to read the corresponding tiny tale. 😃 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: Zero (six word story #37)
Years passed by. But memories stayed... Image courtesy: Sushant Suresh Here are the links to my #AtoZChallenge posts from last year. Click on any letter to read the corresponding tiny tale. 😃 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: Years (six word story #36)
X-ray results: Normal. Scars remained invisible. Image courtesy: Sushant Suresh Here are the links to my #AtoZChallenge posts from last year. Click on any letter to read the corresponding tiny tale. 😃 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: X-ray (six word story #35)
