In The Name of The Queen

Drenched in sweet moonlight yet hidden in part, She sat on an oak tree that lived in the dark.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Where the Lost Ones Go

There was a letter from Yana’s grandmother on her nightstand. Which was weird, because just ten minutes ago, she and her parents stood on their porch as her grandmother drove away. Why would she leave a letter? Picking it up, Yana turned it over to see her name scribbled on top. Inside, with neat handwriting:
17 November 2021, 18:00 PM

The Fix

Something was ominous about the way the doorbell rang. Not that the one who pressed it was bringing bad luck, but the other side seemed menacing for the one who waited at the door.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Word Capsules ‘21

An online writing competition by the NSU Communications Club (NSUCC).
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM

3 Degrees

June 2042. That’s the first day the floods came but never left. For over a decade, politicians and billionaires had told the world it would be alright. Things were under control.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Grey Palette

Blended with ambiguous truth, enshrouded.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Exit

The sun was defeated as the moon rose, The streaks of sunlight gleamed close,
13 October 2021, 18:00 PM

To My Dearly Departed

When the city slept, I wrote in my diary as if I was writing to you, not knowing if my words would ever reach you. I cried myself to sleep every night just to wake up to a reality that was more excruciating than any nightmare I could think of.
13 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Unlucky in Love

As I burn through my twenties at a nauseating speed, the thought that I will die alone creeps in softly, stretches, and curls into a tight ball like a sleepy kitten, and claims my heart as its permanent residence.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Falling in Reverse

Climbing over walls with barbed wire fences, Steep stairs and stained elevators,
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM

#8E1600

It was 7:40, and he’s been waiting on the other side of the glass, waiting for a certain routine to fall into place, a disassembled camera long forgotten on the counter: a minute till his father came in for his daily dose of my-son-is-a-disappointment tirade,
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM

A Clandestine Fear

Do you ever get afraid of yourself? Terrified that your wicked will take over your conscious,
22 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Graveyard

I saw a veiled widow yesterday, walking through the corpse road, distant, but the veil was beautiful. She buried a ring, I saw it, it shone, maybe diamond I can’t differentiate,
22 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Nowhere

You walk a star-covered path leading you nowhere, You think you’re no closer but you’re nearly there. 
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Harmonies and Haphazards

Street vendors whirl across their neatly kept plastic wrapped pickles, ridding them of flies and moths, covering them from unforeseen dust-storms, awaiting their customers but no one arrives.
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM

No Man Ever Steps in the Same River Twice

He sleeps on his side, on his right side, to be specific. On the nights the excruciating pain on his right shoulder numbs him, he
8 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Magic

Abstract paintings are fascinating for many reasons, one of them being the many different opinions various people have about their true meaning.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Wintertide

Arrival perpetual yet unforeseen; Embraced wholeheartedly.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM

FLUX

His mind itched to remember something, something lost down the back of a sofa, a copper penny just out of his reach.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Gaan

I have evaded wreaths of venomous, moving flowers that have invaded the dilapidated manor, writhing and sliding up and down the walls like snakes, ready to strike any moment. I had to tread carefully down the corridors, staying as far away from the walls as possible.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM