Fireflies in the Dark: A Collection of Short StoriesA collection of 23 short stories, it sets off the darkness of guilt, exploitation, pain and hatred against the redemptive power of love, hope and the courage to care. |
Contents
Just a Day Like Any Other | 1 |
Never Tell a Lie | 11 |
Voices in the Mist | 18 |
People Like Parvathi | 30 |
The Face in the Window | 41 |
Fireflies in the Dark | 57 |
Learning Anew | 70 |
Reflections in the Water | 78 |
Fire from Nowhere | 127 |
Heartaches | 136 |
The Burqua | 142 |
Whatever You Do | 158 |
A New World out There | 168 |
Kottaram | 190 |
The Card | 204 |
Thenghum Thoppil Mariakutty | 216 |
Far From Home | 91 |
Two Women and a Mystery | 104 |
Shanthi | 116 |
My Son My Son | 120 |
The Sisterhood | 226 |
The Man with the Black Tongue | 231 |
The Bridge of Sighs | 241 |
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