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Timothy GossE. ZaneKavya Janan Stories 04-07

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  • A Dead Man's Smile
  • JUST SO
  • Avanthika & Lucia
  • MJ, Fried Chicken and Rocky Road
  • A Dead Man's Smile

    (Trigger warning: graphic character death) It had been an average day with the usual phatic expressions and meaningless content. My pounding head required air and space to release the monotony, so I decided to walk home, my mind full of things worth forgetting.     I turned down Marut Road, it was quieter and there was a good view of the Northern Downs. At this time of year the heather and gorse is thick like broccoli and covers the magnificent hillside with wild flowers. I like flowers, I like to see them in profusion in the wild, and often find myself distracted by the sight of a thousand bl...FZaone door

    JUST SO

    I finished dusting my bunny figurines and folded the microfiber cloth two times over, three times across. I placed the cloth in a drawer. Each precious, porcelain figure had a special place on the oak shelf I had cut, sanded and mounted myself. The figures had been procured from every antique shop, estate sale, and flea market north of Oatden. And now they were here, on my shelf. They were perfectly positioned, a precise balance of figures facing left, right and front, colors and shapes in direct complement. Everything was just so, the way I like it.I went to the window, as I do when I’m finis...FZaone door

    Avanthika & Lucia

    Havelock Road was deserted at that time of the night. Lucia knew that there would be no single soul in sight. Ootacamund was a sleepy town where people retired to their beds at 9、30 PM; she  was the only one walking on the street. Wrapping herself with a jerkin and a shawl, she adjusted the scarf around her face, with the exception of her eyes. Those honey-coloured eyes were enough to entice anyone. Her jet-black curly springs of tendrils were tied into a ponytail. She wore no accessories, as she wasn’t a sucker for ornaments or jewellery. Her saffron coloured tank top, paired with blue jeans...FZaone door

    MJ, Fried Chicken and Rocky Road

    ‘So this is it?’Nan walked back and forth along the length of the bed-machine-box looking thing.‘Looks like a darn casket. Why does it have to look like a casket?’ Nan shook her head and bit her lower lip.‘Well, they said MJ had one, maybe I’ll meet him on the other side. Wait…he died on this side. Well, I think he died on this side. What if that was all a cover up and …well what if he’s in his own casket thing awaiting me on the other side?’Nan clasped her hands with joy and smiled stupidly to herself. Then she came back to her senses.‘Why wouwww.onedoor.ccld MJ be waiting for me on the other side. Sure,...FZaone door

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