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Short Story: The House of None (Part Two)

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Part Two: Disturbance  It was 1.30 a.m. by the time Professor Roy reached the small town. He parked the car on the rear side of someone’s bungalow. He had one of his friends living here. He had already informed him of his arrival. Professor stood in front of an unknown house and scanned the entire surrounding. Unsurprisingly, it was a very quiet place. There were few shops nearby which were closed. His friend had told him to wait near the bus stop by 8.30 but, he was too late. “Roy, my friend”, A loud and clear voice came from the back of Professor. He turned back and saw his friend standing right behind him. “Hello, Niraj. Glad you came here otherwise it would have been difficult for me to locate your house.”  “Yeah! Here the houses are quite identical. Let me help you with your rucksack.” Niraj insisted to help. “No, everything is tickety-boo. I wish to see the house right away.” “I don’t think this is the suitable time to go around that house. Perhaps, w...

Short Story: The House of None (Part One)

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Part One: Introduction  Year 2002 For years, a man named David with his family lived in the house. Everyone knew them, personally. They were, what we say, good people, to be with. They hosted parties on weekends, went out on vacations, and were always happy. Hardly, people saw them in anguish. They also had a daughter. A little one, the one who always won hearts of people with her prettiness and innocence. She was an 8-year-old girl who was always seen playing with her dog, a mongrel. One Sunday night, he hosted a party for his neighbors. Next morning, local cops found 28 dead bodies from David’s house including his own family. All people present in the house consumed cyanide, which was obviously the cause of death. But, no poison was found in the food which people wolfed down, that night. After investigation of the case by the local police, the case was handed over to the crime cell of HP (Himachal Pradesh). They too couldn’t find anything significant which resulted i...

Short Story: Mysterious Murder of Highway 99

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On a dark moonless night, a man was found brutally murdered on the streets of Highway 99. The body was discovered by a group of people who were marching towards a cremation ground nearby. Like decent citizens do, without wasting a minute, one of them informed the police about the dead body. It was late night, streets of Mumbai city were empty and maybe for the first time Police vehicle reached the crime scene within half an hour. Police inspector Wilson Lobo and his team started their investigation work by questioning the people who found the body, and scrutinizing the body which was lying lifeless on an empty, silent and mysterious street. It was termed as a mysterious street because from many years this highway was closed for the betterment of the people as there were rumors of evil spirits roaming on the streets. People came toward highway 99 only if they had work related to cremation ground.               ...