I’m looking at the swirl of the cream in the coffee. I’m in a deep trance like some shaman trying to study the omens in the entrails of a slain animal. Perhaps if I looked hard enough I could see the future. But at this point in time, it’s the past that is eluding me. [...]
Posts under ‘Short Stories’
Turbulence – a short story
this is adapted from a chapter from a novella I wrote a long time ago called “The Temple”
I had caught a connecting flight from Heathrow to New Delhi. The hardly audible voice over the telephone had given me the one piece of news that could possibly get me on a plane, or even think of [...]
Business As Usual
This is a short story I wrote a long time ago. Found it in my backups.
BUSINESS AS USUAL
By Saurav Mohapatra
Category: System Log Entry
By: Brahma@trinity.gov
To: all@trinity.gov
Subject: SYSTEM INITIATION SUCCESSFUL
The system initiation procedure was successful. The energy infusion went smoothly and the containment frequencies functioned within limits. The resonant sonic harmonics stimulated the spontaneous condensation of the [...]
Lascivious Intentions
(A repost from my old sulekha.com blog. This was written on the back of a napkin at Amsterdam airport while waiting for a connecting flight. contains strong language and graphic sexuality, might not be suitable for minors)
LASCIVIOUS INTENTIONS
by Saurav Mohapatra
They were having sex in a public place and no one looked.
The measly looking [...]
