The Ember in the Ash
It was the summer of 1972, and my grandmother, Elara, was twelve years old. She spent her holidays in the dusty village of Khandwa, at her eldest aunt’s sprawling farmhouse....
It was the summer of 1972, and my grandmother, Elara, was twelve years old. She spent her holidays in the dusty village of Khandwa, at her eldest aunt’s sprawling farmhouse....
My name is Arjun, and this is the story of my friend, Vikram, and the night we spent at the Old Bellows House, a place with a history so grim...
In the summer of 2019, I was fifteen, living in a cramped apartment in the industrial town of Jamshedpur. My mother, a frail woman named Sunita, was dying of a...
It was the summer of 2011, and I was housesitting for my aunt in the quiet town of Raven’s Hollow. My parents had gone to visit my brother in his...
I never believed in ghosts until the autumn I moved into the old Meridian Apartments on the city’s east side. The building was a relic from the 1920s, with creaking...
The old Grantham estate had always felt like a museum of someone else’s life. I’d come with my cousin, Mara, to help clear out my great-aunt’s belongings after she passed....
It was the last Sunday of May, and the Ghats were slowly swallowing the sun. We were driving back from a weekend trip to the Sal forests of Palashbari, a...
My grandfather, Harish, was a man of habit. Every Diwali, without fail, he would join his friends for a late-night card game, much to my grandmother’s dismay. She would mutter...
A couple of days ago, I was with my cousin squad and we were discussing some spooky experiences when I recalled one. So here’s a haunting that remains unexplained to...
This incident happened in 2015. We have a house in South Goa which is not too far from Majorda beach at a place called Nuvem. South Goa as you know...
Continuing the previous story, Not All Roads Are Empty Most of the houses on that lane were very old. Many were kept locked – some due to family disputes, others...
This happened when I was a teenager, on a cold November night. We had guests over for dinner, and after dessert, they left. A few minutes later, my mom noticed...
This incident happened 29 years ago in New Delhi with my uncle. He was working at Safdarjung Airport in those days as a senior cargo inspector. He usually managed cargo...
This happened two years ago. The year 2023 etched a considerable mark on my family and me forever. 18th December 2023 was the day my grandpa ascended to the heavens....
This incident dates back 18 years ago in Ludhiana. I was pursuing my bachelors degree and went to attend a wedding in winters of India. The Indian winters in the...
” HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN’T BE THERE? SOMETHING SO REAL, SO TANGILBLE, YET IMPOSSIBLE? I HAVE. AND IT HAPPEND AT THE GLASS DOOR.” It was a usual...
The events in this story happened with my uncle but almost every time I hear it, it makes me dwell into a state of paranoia since I happened to feel...
In the autumn of 2024, the leaves on Maple Street had turned a sickly yellow, as if the trees themselves were wasting away. My mother, Clara, had been ill for...
Just to keep it simple, I will narrate the story in chronology. During their final years, my grandparents were forced to vacate their own home and live with us (home...
In 2018, I was sent to Kochi for a week-long logistics conference. My company, based in Pune, booked me into the newly-built Meridian Bay Hotel, a glass-and-steel tower on Marine...
I had grown accustomed to the nightly rituals of the gym, the clank of weights and the hum of treadmills. But the garden across the street, with its old Ganesha...
It started the week I took the night shift at St. Agatha’s Convalescent Home, a crumbling Victorian pile on the edge of a town that had forgotten it was there....
Marcus had been a member of Iron Forge Gym for three years, but he had never ventured to the top floor. The faded sign near the elevator read ‘Level 3...
In the autumn of 2018, I was holed up in a cramped apartment in the city of New Aster, studying for my actuarial exams. My parents, ever supportive, decided to...
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