SHE was standing at the half-opened doorway, crying softly, a quiet plea for help. “What happened? How did this happen?”

A MORNING that brought something new in Dravid’s life in an unexpected way. Dravid had left home on the West

“HAPPY new year, happy new year!” the little girl sang happily, running downstairs with her storybook, one of her Christmas

ANNA stared in awe at the huge Christmas tree in the mall, decorated with gold lights, multi-coloured ornaments, and garlands.

A new day dawned, a special day filled with love and a little song in his mind. Jarred looked at

THE car drove away, leaving him standing there, and Shivanie’s supervisor friend asked, “Who is that?” “Someone I knew from

SHIVANIE wiped the tears welling up in her eyes, which were caused by the smoke from the large iron fireside

MUSIC of the gods, soft and entrancing, played from the flute and travelled on soundless wings across land and sea,

I LOOKED out my window, across the green, lush lawn and the border of flowering shrubs to the woods beyond,

THE morning was biting cold, and dawn was still some hours away, as the northeastern wind blew in from the