Author: Shreya Karn

Lighthouse

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #234 Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: As the dawn spanned gradually, Miley stood still, waiting for the rays of the sun to touch her skin. It was 5:30 am in the morning and she was […]

Life and Livelihood

Written for Cyranny’s January 18th #1MinFiction Challenge https://cyranny.com/2023/05/03/january-18th-1minfiction-challenge-2/?blogsub=subscribed#subscribe-blog What’s the ”One Minute Fiction” challenge about? Easy. Each week I’ll provide a prompt to inspire you to write a very short story. The idea is to manage to type your whole story in a minute or less. Of course, you can think about it before hitting […]

Love you Granny!

Summer vacation had started and Sam and Siya had come to stay at Granny’s. Granny was waiting ecstatically at the bus stop. As soon as they came down from the bus, she rushed to grab them in her arms, took their backpacks to carry on her shoulders and together they walked towards Granny’s home. Drizzle […]

Naina and Granny

Naina came back from school at noon to find an empty house. She looked everywhere but Granny couldn’t be found. Being a diligent labourer that her Granny was, Naina knew she must be out working somewhere, even though it was 1st May, when the whole world working class gets a holiday. She went farther to […]

Dreams

Do you have a dream that you want to see fulfilled? I believe it is dreams which keeps the spark alive in life and keeps life inside us. One thing I had been looking forward to since my college days is to become an author and publish my book. Though I have already published my […]

My Reading Journey

Reading was my hobby since childhood. During my school days, my father used to buy children magazines for us very often. ‘Champak’, ‘Nandan’, ‘Balhans’ and few other Indian child magazines like these were a frequent visitor to my house, mostly in Hindi, and sometimes in English. We used to solve the puzzles and riddles in […]

Will she study?

Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt Definition: Upbeat – adj. pleasantly optimistic. Rita is over the moon today. She looks radiant and content. She is joyful and upbeat more than anything. She tip-toed and danced all her way from school towards her home – a clay hut on the bank of the river. Her school bag hangs […]