Read Short Love stories / Romance
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
The poem expresses the pain of seeing someone from the past and choosing to walk away, revealing lingering emotions and the bittersweet realization that some connections can’t be rekindled.
It had been five years since Tom had given up work to make it as a writer. While he still hoped for success, his wife Bernie was running out of patience.
During Halloween, a man and woman meet, dance and fall in love.
After reuniting with his college girlfriend, a man discovers something he never knew.
A man called Jeff meets a woman called Jenny and ends up getting married.
A ‘coming of age’ novel, set in the dunes of Chandra’s self-perceived ugliness, Nithya’s plight by Vasu’s jilt, Prema’s heartburn by Sathya’ inanity and the poetic justice in his unrequited love for Kala, besides unfolding the possibilities of life in the oasis of hope - of self-discovery, retribution, and atonement - challenges the perception that fact is stranger than fiction.
Who said the novel is dead (VS Naipaul), 'Benign Flame' raises the bar as vouched by one Spencer Critchley, an American Literary Critic thus: The plot is quite effective and it’s a refreshing surprise to discover that the story will not trace a fall into disaster for Roopa, given that many writers might have habitually followed that course with a wife who strays into extramarital affairs.
Unfolding the compelling saga of Roopa’s lovelorn travails, Sandhya’s lesbian love for her and Raja Rao’s esoteric passion for both of them in a love triangle, set in the arena of Sathyam’s innate trust, Tara’s practical outlook and Prasad’s lecherous lust, this literary flame, in erotic ecstasy, nuances man-woman chemistry on one hand, and portrays woman-woman empathy on the other.