Category: Short stories

‘Inocensia’ by Harriet Chan (The Philippines)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The police investigator shuffled through the papers on his desk. Then he looked at her with kind, but searching eyes. She looked back with a steady gaze. Her…

‘Five Hundred Miles’ by Sabiha Armin (India)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Hopes and visions of the beloved country were flying high in the form of the national flag. In that breeze, an anthem blended, an anthem that had integrated…

‘Tangerine Sky’ by Samyak Ghosh (India)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology With the thunderstorm ceasing and sudden departure of the inclement weather, Rana decided on opening the drawing room window. He loved the cool breeze wafting through the crevices…

‘Annapurna Devi’ by Abha Iyengar (India)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Annapurna Devi. Goddess of Plenty. My parents had been ecstatic with the name chosen by the pundit for me. I would want for nothing. The pundit was my…

‘Free Korean Dinner’ by A.D. Thompson (USA)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology She put down her Bible and picked up her Depression Clinic Handbook: “Everybody needs to feel that they have a sense of purpose. To this end it is…

‘Brink of a Beginning’ by Ankita Banerjee (India)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Two things happened in quick succession after her mother’s death: her father retired from the pharmaceutical company where he had worked for more than thirty years and Niti…

‘Blood Ties’ by Vandana Kumari Jena (India)

Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology No one took Sudeep seriously when he complained of severe backache. “Hypochondria,” I chuckled. I was the wife of a hypochondriac. “Must be the armchair,” suggested Dr. Natrajan,…