by Aarthi Karanam | Jul 21, 2025 | Flash fiction
I stood at the airport watching them walk away, not knowing when or if I’d see them again… My all of two and a half years’ frame drooped in sorrow and a tear escaped my eyes. Almost immediately, a pair of warm hands scooped me in to their arms and...
by Aarthi Karanam | Feb 21, 2025 | short stories, Stories
I perceived my existence in this world when my eyes opened to a bunch of several of my siblings tickling each other and my ears getting torn by robust cries of a healthy newborn girl. Sustained by milk and healthy oil massages, we grew long and thick. It took me a few...
by Aarthi Karanam | Dec 27, 2024 | Poetry
Hour Twenty Two Jun 16 My body feels dead, like it should But it isn’t completely I am hanging between life and death Balanced delicately on the gossamer thread of hope and despair Which side will it tip? It has been 2, 3 or maybe 4 hours...
by Aarthi Karanam | Nov 21, 2024 | Poetry
m a girl; her house is the clouds, her dreams, her roof I am part devil, part angel; honest and kind Child of a wiseman father and angel mother In me is fused her large heart, his timeless wisdom But, in between lies my own wild dark side; boom boom! The girl’s now...
by Aarthi Karanam | Nov 21, 2024 | Stories
“It’s not rocket science,” said the voice that suddenly turned squeaky like a mouse maybe because of nervousness. Nervous you would be too if you were a new kid and a thousand pair of eyes were watching you, no? ……… Read more at this link…...