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Literature
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Short Story
Ghost Alley* -Part I
Late at night, Qismat sneaks into their house on Bhooter Golley.
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London, Ian Jack and Granta magazine
"Can you come in on Friday morning at ten am?" Ian Jack, editor of Granta, had emailed me on July 11. The address: Hanover Yard, Noel Road, behind the Queen's Pub.
 
Descent
Many times have I tumbled over backwards, gotten up, in the mud
Huffed-puffed, dusted myself down, a broken-ribbed umbrella
Mended-patched, stood up to again be held in some soft hand
A wet fist,

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Poem
Dessert
Let's look inside
One last time
For the hurricane light
And the aftertaste
of a sloppy night
Words lend a hand
To crippled plots that demand
The last audience
How much for the

 

 
   
 
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