“A Deafened Cosmology.” – A Short Story

A Deafened Cosmology. It wasn’t a foreign sentiment to sit beside the invigorating wood-carved window and look beyond the verdancy that glimmered like the Stars of Eden, to look at the overarching beastliness of existentialism and wonder incessantly of a vision fleeting by. The only alteration this time around the corner included the battered, bleeding […]

“Thinner than Skin” by Uzma Aslam Khan

It is at times when you pass a glance at those that move that which is stationary in you, like a wavering boat heading home only with the accompanying current. There isn’t one concluding colour in you painting, not ever one concluding stroke, and not one resolution emotion is the mind, it is the amalgamation […]

“I Wonder.” by Imaan Siddiq

I Wonder. I wonder. What secrets lie dormant in the once breathing body. What passions flowed unhindered through the agile brain, An uncovered utopia or a fearless ambition? An image flashes by. One which is daunting, unforgiving and pierces through the inanimate. An ancient revival of contemplation, In the words you used to read, And […]

“Bright and Distant Shores” by Dominic Smith – Book Review

It is rampaging voyages and buoyant fledglings that one actually gets to envision either a feather of illumination that puts ink to paper every night or the one that tastes the salt in the air to seek the Western winds. There isn’t much alteration in both to be honest, however, there isn’t much alteration among […]

“A Voice of Grief” – A Short Story

A Voice of Grief “O Prophet! Salutations on him and his family. Mine is a lowly station, and yours exalted beyond imagination. You are the commander of the Holy Sanctuary in Arabia, and I, a destitute foreigner. I am but a humble seeker, my sinful lips unworthy to sing your lofty praises. You are nothing […]

“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

As I advance towards that which declares its ceased call, I remain steadfast to see the unknown, good or bad, affluence or poverty, optimism or pessimism, O’ Brave New World, it is this metamorphosis that brings all of us to life. That stings in the demanding past and the polarizing present along with the persistent […]