“Pump more water , damn it!” , Tom’s voice echoed along the wall of the cave. The cave was hot , humid and the men had been pumping water out as fast as they could. It was at the height of the Califonia gold rush and there was noone more hardworking than Tom. There had…
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Writers’ Journal #29 – Great Red Spot
Jim closed the captain’s diary after writing the non-events that happened that day. He knew the control center would be eagerly waiting for his daily report as usual but there wasn’t much to report , not till tomorrow anyway. The ship just went into Saturn’s orbit as expected and the crew did their jobs as…
Writers’ Journal #27 – Moonwatcher
Moonwatcher scanned the night sky with deep intent. He shivered as the cold desert air brushed past his naked body covered only with the leaves. The desert looked barren and lifeless to untrained eyes but to the hunter as experienced as him , there are preys to kill for. He started running towards the brightest…
Writers’ Journal #26 – Deep Sleep
“Mary , come to the room 01 to get your medicine pls.” , announced the voice from the speaker from te ceiling. Mary couldn’t wait for it to end even though she was determined to stay till the end. It was just that her eyes wouldn’t open fully. When she signed-up for the experiment ,…
Writers’ Journal #25 – Monday Blues
Will was for sure having the best time of his life. A huge marble mansion , breath taking garden , olympic size pool full of bikini babes , what else could a man want? He couldn’t remember how he got to that place and he couldn’t care less anyway. The important thing was that he…
Writers’ Journal #24 – Coffee or Tea
“Coffee or tea?” , asked John. John tucked in his school shirt to look more presentable before leaving to order the drinks. He had been asking around whether to order coffee or tea and has not received any replies in turn. He was about to go and order just for himself when he felt someone…
Writers’ Journal #23 – River of Time
I touched on the subject of time yesterday and lets continue that today as well. Time has always been thought of as a river. It flows. And the mental of time as a river is appropriate example to use for our cause. Everyone has seen rivers , either in real life or from TV ,…
Writers’ Journal #22 – Timergy
What if time can be converted into energy the way motion and energy are linked? Time moves or flows like a luggage belt at the airport , isn’t it? There must be some underlying forces that requires it to do so and it must be infinite. Flow of time affects everything , which is what…
Writers’ Journal #19 – X-Book
Ashes of cigars littered the carpet. Smoldering cigers filled the ash tray on the grand mahogany desk. Lord Twetty sat motionless on the balcony. It was the maid who first saw the dead body when she came into the library to do morning duty. She screamed as hard as she could but echos did not go so far…
Writers’ Journal #18 – Tea-Session
The time was half past five and Mrs Jeremiah was late for her usual tea session. The sun was setting and gentle breeze was blowing but she was sweating profusely from running after the bus. Finally , she boarded the bus and sat near the exit. She took out her handkerchief and wiped the sweat…