As I look at life

The cat who couldn't frighten a mouse away

She brought home a new mouse, white like a snowflake and with a surprisingly long tail. Her cat didn't like how she spent all the time with her new pet now. She petted the mouse all the time... while working, while reading and even while eating.

The envious cat couldn't scare the mouse away. It waited for the right moment and eventually, when she went to the balcony to attend a call, the cat chewed away the mouse cord!

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Five-Sentence Fiction: Excel with a smile

She decided to wear one of the four XL-sized tees she had bought online. She missed fitting in the medium-sized outfits stuffed in her wardrobe. Oh, the side effects of medication!

The tags of the new tees irritated her and she just couldn't remember where she had kept the scissor. She wore a new tee nevertheless and accessorized it with her smile, like always.

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Note: She had Fibromyalgia, a chronic illness with umpteen symptoms including excruciating widespread pain, hypersensitivity and memory issues.

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Five-Sentence Fiction: Penny

He knocked on her door in his trademark style, "Penny, Penny, Penny."

She didn't answer the door. He tried several times, but in vain.

She had gained pounds and didn't relate to the word Penny anymore.

Bazinga!

3 Reasons reason why "S" gets kicked out

Ever wondered why was the letter "S" spared from the names of some numbers? Why aren't 200, 300, 400, etc. called Two Hundreds, Three Hundreds, Four Hundreds and so on?

Perhaps, the letter "S" was too overworked among the set of consonants.

My belief is mostly based on my own baseless logic and one fact.

Most of my friends' names begin with the letter "S" or have the letter "S". For instance, my friends include Sushmita, Sudakshina, Sandeep, Sagarika, Sanjeev, Sakshi, Salma, Saru... the list is long and as I would have said in a speech had I received an award, "I am sorry if I missed anyone's name here!"
The plurals! Poor "S" got its ass kicked like how! Thank God for Men, Women and Children who saved some usage of the letter's plural overwork!

I woke up to a nightmare of losing someone very close to me. Perhaps it was the effect of watching back to back episodes of Monk last night. But it felt so real...

Book Title: God is a Gamer
Author: Ravi Subramanian

Genre: Thriller
Pages: 310
Binding: Paperback

Rating: 4 out of 5
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BOOK REVIEW:

I like thrillers. Especially, if they are fast and can keep me guessing. God is a Gamer is just like that. It keeps my hand glued to the book and meets my expectations.

Here’s what I think of it.

Duplicity - Chapter 18

Team: Writers’ Express

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Tara went through some of Cyrus' blog posts again and paid attention to what his readers had to say. She was not surprised to see that the comments on his posts were very strong.

While the readers loved his writing style, they objected his views on how the criminals could have gotten away with their wrongdoings. Many condemned him for writing from the perspective of saving criminals. The comment threads were long with some writing swear words while others warning him that they would report his blog. Yet, Cyrus had not replied on any comment.

Duplicity - All Chapters

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Duplicity - Chapter 9

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After Tara found the shocking evidence in Cyrus' backpack — the three photos and Jennifer Joseph's visiting card — she started calling Shekhar frantically. When Shekhar did not answer her call after her several attempts, she realised that he must have kept his phone in the silent mode as he was watching a movie with Roohi.

She could not afford to waste any second, now that she was convinced that Cyrus was a dangerous person. She started imagining all sorts of things - What if Cyrus intended to cause some harm to Roohi? What if he attacked Shekhar? What if he found her alone at home and killed her?

Duplicity - Chapter 8

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When Tara realised that Cyrus was not at home in the morning, she was pleasantly surprised. She realised her behaviour was rather rude. She should have controlled herself since Roohi was around. She also felt bad that she didn't even offer him dinner the previous night. Shekhar was right, it was so unlike her.