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Release Date: August 04, 2018 This collection of fifteen stories leads the reader into a world that is at once Indian and universal. The stories explore love, life, loss, and relationships. I'm sharing the first story. Given below is the opening paragraph and the google doc link to the...

http://blog.freekidsbooks.org This is a great site for legit, free books for kids. It is also an opportunity for authors to share their work, for free, with children :) From their home page: “Free Kids Books is a growing library of unique children’s books and literary resources available for...

A Tapestry of Tears : Short Stories from India This is a collection of a novelette and twelve short stories, bringing to life the varied culture and social spectrum of India. Click on the link below to browse through the book. https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B01MQ096H2 Formats available...

Stifled and trodden upon far too long by her royal husband, the empress tries to get her own back after the wily tailors trick the emperor. This is a spin-off of the popular folk tale, The Emperor's New Clothes. It's free on smashwords, apple, barnes and noble, and kobo.

Knife and Fork is Free from 6/29/2016 to 7/01/2016. Bholu, a monkey, comes to the city looking for adventure. In a short time he learns city ways and when he returns to the forest, he continues with them. Knife and Fork is Bholu’s story and how he learns three important lessons: “Monkey ways...

Catherine Dickens: Outside the Magic Circle Catherine was the wife of Charles Dickens and the mother of his ten children. After twenty-two years of marriage, Charles dumped her very publicly, accusing her of being an unfit mother and wife. Catherine was blameless; the truth was Charles'...

The Unicycle and Other Stories is a collection of six stories for readers from 9 to any age. The e book is free in apple store and on smashwords up to March 31, 2015. I hope you will read it and give me your feedback. Thank you. Links: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/435891...

#Free Short Story on #Wattpad #Marriage #Family #Divorce What happens when a man loses touch with his wife? When the magic goes out of the marriage? Is divorce the answer? Are differences irreconcilable? Excerpt: They did not have proper quarrels either, as they were both careful not to create...

Catherine Dickens: Outside the Magic Circle By Heera Datta Amazon.com rating: 4.5 SPECIAL WEEKEND PRICE Sept 19 -21: $1.99 ( Regular Price: $6.49) “Give these letters to the British Museum, that the world may know he loved me once." Poignant words spoken by Catherine Dickens from her deathbed...

Cheetaka, Queen of Giants Fantasy, Middle-Graders. Read the opening chapters online at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/435523 Releasing on June 10th on smashwords, amazon, barnes and noble, apple i store. Five Read- for- Review copies available.

Drabble, I have recently learnt, is a work of fiction, not exceeding 100 words, title excluded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drabble Shall we dabble in Drabble? I am making a start, and hope more of us join the fun. LIFE “I am going away,” she said, and left. “Why?” everyone asked him...

Cinderella's Escape : Published on Feb 2, 2014 Anna Maria lived with her stepmother Priscilla, and her stepsisters, Stella and Marcella. Cinderella's stepmother was no way as evil as Priscilla. Her stepsisters were a little less mean than Stella and Marcella. Anna Maria did not live among...

The Dinosaur Puzzle and Other Stories is a mixed bag of delightful stories for Middle Graders / Young Adults and for everyone young at heart. Read to find out….. What does Ananda’s great grandmother have to do with the missing bones of a dinosaur? Ayub finds a wounded ‘soldier’ and hides him...

Today, October 2nd, is Gandhi Jayanti, the birth date of M.K.Gandhi, or Mahatma Gandhi, as he was later called. It is amazing how much of writing Gandhi did; he wrote articles, pamphlets and speeches which when compiled, have filled several books. He also wrote his autobiography. 'The Story of...

This question will most likely becomes redundant in the near future. Some people have no regard for the spine of a book; they open it wide while reading, plop it face down while not reading, and plonk some heavy object on it when they take a break. Others treat the book gently; they support...

You may judge my latest book by its cover! http://www.amazon.com/The-Magicians-Turban-ebook/dp/B00F4O4LMU

Does the person / persona of a writer weigh with you while you read his works? And more important, should it? Among the first books I read in school were few abridged works of Charles Dickens and I soon followed them up by devouring some more unabridged novels by him. A few years later, I read...

BAR members are of different nationalities; some of us could have lived or studied in other countries. Generally, every country has authors /poets who have earned a special place in the hearts of its people and, more often than not, these are the writers who speak in a universally understood...

After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha does not return home. She is nowhere to be found. A neighbour remembers seeing her hiding behind a parked car. All evidence points to a kidnapping but the truth is something else.... The Missing Girl is an adventure of a...

After the recent software promotions, I think there may be a problem with the number of views getting registered. I noticed it in the thread 'Challenge: What's in a photo.' I'd posted a story, 'The Red Tent' three days ago. The view count for the thread was 215. (Yeah, I check the view count...