Shail's Nest

- a short story I am a ghost. Well don’t run away. I wouldn’t dream of scaring anyone. In all probability I’d be the one scared stiff if you shouted ‘Boo’ in my vicinity!! I live in yonder house you see…yes the small neat little one, with the tiny garden in front that lies just [...]

- a story of heartbreak. I have lost the last chance I took. They have taken over. I am powerless. They tell me what I should do. I have to obey. They tell me I have to seal my heart shut. How can I?? I told them it was impossible. They tell me I am [...]

Dreams… Of waking in your arms To the beats of your heart Every single morn Dreams… Of a shared cup of tea Beneath the sprawling tree Just you and me Dreams… Of my head on your shoulder Listening to you sing A song of love Dreams… Of the falling rain Drenching us as it pours [...]

- a short story. Delusions. Beliefs based upon a misinterpretation of reality. I live in my world of delusions. Delusions of timeless and eternal love. A love I feel across time across space. You tell me you love me. Do you?? I tell you, I love you. Do I??  Is it all a delusion, your [...]

Ours was an arranged marriage. Not that I had much choice in the matter. It was the norm those days. So when I came to know that people would be in that evening to ‘view’ me, I took it in my stride. I had my own views on the subject, of course. Not that anyone [...]

Money, I have heard my parents mention, does not grow on trees. I found the statement to be quite true in subsequent years, for never did I find one with money growing on it. The statement came in quite handy when it was my turn to bring up my own monkeys… err children. “Money does [...]

-  A short story She was miserable. Her heart felt heavy. The tears ready to flow. He doesn’t love me. I know he doesn’t love me. Loneliness enveloped her. Unbidden dark thoughts filled her mind. Cutting through it, like a ray of sunshine escaping the dark clouds, memories of the times she had felt so [...]

Lines deeply etched Skillfully engraved On palms visible By hands invisible Origins unknown Ends unseen Making us move In a predestined groove The reasons clouded In mystery shrouded The spawn Mere pawns Lines once drawn Never redrawn The master craftsman Having provision none In his infinite grace To alter or efface – Shail Mohan (Feb [...]

Run little girl run and hide Fearful monsters roam outside Close the windows pull the blinds Shut the door and stay inside The swirling mass of inky black Slimy hands waiting to hack Evil eyes and dripping fangs Wicked laughter deafening clangs Monstrous trees standing tall Branches spread to scratch and maul The scary world [...]

Having been reading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy just before dozing off, in all probability I should have been dreaming of Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed three armed Galactic President who I am told has been voted the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe for, hold your breath, a total of seven [...]