Super Short Story (98): Anticipation Back in the days when there were no phones or pagers, when one waits for someone who hasn’t turned up, as the minutes trickle by with the passing of time, does one think the person must be reaching soon, or is not coming at all? At what point does...

In ‘Made of Wood’ by Ed Brubaker, Batman says this - ‘There’s a moment… right before my grapple cable goes taut… when it’s just me and the ground hovering somewhere far below… a moment of freefall… a moment of total calm. I will never...

One of the most poignant poems I ever read, followed by some related sentiments: (The above is a scene from ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral): Funeral Blues (Stop All the Clocks) by W.H. Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy...