A Thousand Words

Volition They were thirteen or maybe fourteen, but definitely not fifteen. Sitting cozily in their spots, protected by the shell they were born in; the same place where they die. And too often it is that they die, just to revive again in the same spot, engulfed in the warmth of their own existence. The warmth, these little pixies of light spread as much as their immobile nature allows. What better way can there be to exist? Safe, warm, cozy and most of all, generous. It is to their credit alone, that the passerby of this little cave is actually able to pass by. And when he enters this cave, he enters the sanctuary of shimmering luminescence, granted the gift of vision for the duration of his journey through. Such magnanimity truly is remarkable. So they all thought and lived by, till the day one didn’t. “I want to leave”, said Luna (the one on the left near the entrance). It was visibly a strange day for Luna. She seemed to be shining brighter than usual. Maybe she ...

Hello everyone and welcome to  |A Thousand Words| Before we went into properly publishing stuff on this blog, I thought it would be a good idea to write a post explaining what we plan on doing around here. As you all can see, the blog is named "A Thousand Words". It is a direct extract from the famous proverb "A picture is worth a thousand words". We just picked that idea up and will try and apply it, just like that. Every week (or at least we will try and make it every week), we will select a picture from the galleries of our many awesome photographer friends (with their permission, of course), and write a story around it.  We have set a few rules and formats for ourselves for the purpose of this blog though. They are as follows: 1. What we write should be roughly around a thousand words. It can be more or it can be less, as per requirement, but it should be somewhere in that vicinity.  2. It must always be fiction. We are not trying to be cr...