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A Heron speaks as if he's a human being, thinking more about everything that he sees and he tries to figure out the truth about existence...

Isabella is a happy, middle aged...

Kew Gardens is a story of four pairs of people and shows the oddness in the decisions that shape human lives...

This story brings together Roderick Serle and Ruth Anning, two different personalities failing to communicate meaningfully. Serle is high with self-esteem and Anning on the other hand has retreated into a tiny world which excludes any dangers of engagement...

A Haunted House is a story of struggle, loss, commitment, connection, love and acceptance. It is narrated in the first person by an unnamed female narrator. A deceased man and woman roam the house for the majority of the story till they find what it is they are looking for...

The narrator notices a mark on the wall, and there starts his monologue on religion, self-reflection, nature, and uncertainties of life...

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country.

In this hauntingly poetic essay, Virginia Woolf captures the fragile beauty of life and death through the simple image of a moth struggling in the light. As she reflects on the inevitability of mortality and the quiet force of nature, Woolf’s sharp, introspective prose invites readers to confront their own fleeting existence. The Death of the Moth is a meditation on life’s transience, a masterclass in Woolf’s ability to turn ordinary moments into profound reflections on human vulnerability.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this decade the equality of the sexes is now law. In real life it’s patchy. Power refuses to ebb or cede. In literary terms though women are again second to none with writing that strides confidently forward addressing the issues, the characters and the stories in unique and individual ways.

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