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  L is for Letters I’ll Never Send
    Fiction | Relationships

    L is for Letters I’ll Never Send

    April 15, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I’m falling utterly behind. So I decided to post this already written story and catch up on the missing three later. Here’s another attempt at epistolary, this time in a more traditional, simple manner. Two letters I give you for today’s A to Z Challenge in the form of L…

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  A Professional Woman
    Politics & Feminism

    A Professional Woman

    April 15, 2014March 28, 2023
    2 Comments

    A fortnight ago, a friend and I parted ways. He came to me, looking for comforting, for sympathy. I gave him instead, honesty. Words were exchanged and the friendship is now a thing of the past. The thing is, I never offered comfort or sympathy, only outright, unvarnished honesty. We’ve…

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  K is for Kitne Aadmi The?
    Fiction | Pop Culture

    K is for Kitne Aadmi The?

    April 12, 2014March 30, 2025
    2 Comments

    A Tall Tales take on one of the most popular Bollywood stories ever. You only need to know, Kitne Aadmi The?

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  When Douchey Men Have Daughters
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    When Douchey Men Have Daughters

    April 9, 2014March 28, 2023
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    All that noise and gunfire and the sound of grown men weeping? That’s just the sound of someone getting his just desserts.

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  G is for Gift
    Fiction | Relationships

    G is for Gift

    April 8, 2014March 28, 2023
    1 Comment

    I tried an exercise of epistolary format so I used a story you may already know. It’s about a gift.

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  • Fiction

    Protected: F is for Fear Economy (Feardom)

    April 7, 2014August 23, 2025
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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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  E is for Evil
    Body & Sex | Fiction

    E is for Evil

    April 7, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I wanted to do something dark and all the E words I could think of, were positive & bright. Exuberant. Elaborate. Excess. A friend suggested EVIL. How did I *not* think of that?

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  D is for Dread
    Fiction | Map Of Emotion

    D is for Dread

    April 4, 2014March 30, 2025
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    Today’s story came from the prompt ‘DREAD’.

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  C is for City
    City | Fiction | Politics & Feminism

    C is for City

    April 3, 2014March 28, 2023
    2 Comments

    I had an idea for a non-fiction piece when I realised today’s A2ZChallenge prompt ‘C’ would carry a story version well, if I said it stood for City.

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  B is for BFF
    Fiction | Pop Culture | Relationships

    B is for BFF

    April 2, 2014March 28, 2023
    1 Comment

    I cheated, slightly. This isn’t a brand new story but one I wrote some time ago and had reviewed by a small group. I improved it since their feedback. It’s about friendship.

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