short stories
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Short stories from Nagaland: A young man’s maiden visit to a clothing showroom doesn’t go as planned
O Jungio
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There’s something for every reader in ‘A Teashop in Kamalapura and Other Classic Kannada Stories’
Mahika Dhar
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Bangladeshi-origin writer Faria Basher is the Asia winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Scroll Staff
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Short fiction from North-east India: Works by 52 writers appear in this two-volume anthology
Sarat Chandra Goswami Gayatri Bhattacharyya Rimi Nath
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Short fiction: A middle-aged man quits his job to become an Elvis Presley impersonator
Lindsay Pereira
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‘Maguni’s Bullock Cart and Other Classic Odia Stories’: A glimpse into Odisha’s literary tradition
Mahika Dhar
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The short stories in ‘The Second Marriage Of Kunju Namboodiri’ give new life to Malayalam classics
Mahika Dhar
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Translated short fiction: The scrawny cat that Mahadi so despises was once the pet he loved
Fatimah Busu Pauline Fan
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Short fiction: Witnessing his brother’s beheading transforms a boy into a deadly headhunter
Subi Taba
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‘These Tongues that Grow Roots’: Poetic stories on memory and quiet resonances of human experience
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘Quality translation is important to increase readership’: AJ Thomas, editor of ‘100 Indian Stories’
Majid Maqbool
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Sunday book pick: Upendranath Ashk’s wickedly funny short stories in ‘Hats and Doctors’
Sayari Debnath
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Short story: The garment store Devapichai works at is like a prison. Will he be able to escape it?
Vannanilavan Janani Kannan
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Classic Odia stories: No task is sordid enough for a cremator as long as he gets the right price
Satchidananda Routray Leelawati Mohapatra KK Mohapatra Paul St-Pierre
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‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
Saloni Sharma
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‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
Devarsi Ghosh
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Classic Malayalam stories in translation: A couple resorts to a philosophical remedy to make money
Malabar K Sukumaran Venugopal Menon
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‘The World With Its Mouth Open’: Ordinary experiences reflect the absurdity of Kashmir’s reality
Khawar Khan Achakzai
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‘Life on Mars’: Namita Gokhale writes of the many images of love and heartbreak in new short stories
Sayari Debnath
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For children: A magical mirror teaches young Riya an important lesson on self-love
Ashima Kaushik