Star Literature

POETRY / Soldier amidst the blood moon: An elegy

Crimson blood splattered amongst the ravaged lands

POETRY / THE OTHER WAY ROUND

What makes You a boy, me a girl; Me a popper, you an Earl?

FICTION / The pond

She walked, entranced, into the water until it reached her chin, the wing of her little pink butterfly stuck out like a shark fin.

The Screaming Shorts / Hunt

Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature.

Fiction / The poem

Ratan Da walked away, waddling the way he came from, whispering, “Don’t let it go to waste, don’t let it go to waste.”

Poetry / We’re still alive

We’re still alive/ but they wanted to die a natural death

POETRY / My scarlet incarnation

Being a woman comes to me naturally If not me, then who? I was never asked to be one I was never asked to cook

Poetry / The Black Cat

This is a translation by Md. Abu Zafor of Bimal Guha’s “Kalo Biral” from the collection ‘E Kon Matal Nritya' (first published in 2022).

Poetry / Sindbad

Time to set sail for a new cruise, oh dear voyager Sindbad!

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

My Son’s Shoes

Time, heavy as a thousand suns combined,/ Bends mothers, smaller than the ones they bore,

November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023

Bombardment

What’s life if a sense of darkness/ doesn’t connect night to sunlight

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

1 new message

'1 new message' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the two-sentence fiction category.

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

New home

'New home' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the 100 word fiction category.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

The car

'The car' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

Little bits of love that remain

Your tea in the kettle, piping hot water/ No sugar, so that you can really taste the tea on your tongue

October 29, 2023
October 29, 2023

Last visit

'Last visit' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023

Midnight visitor

'Midnight visitor' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

3 hours past midnight

As she looked up, Rukhsana noticed her eyeballs missing.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Bring humanity home alive

This universe’s heart is hollow now for humanity has died inside it.

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