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Five Sentence Fiction – The Stalker

by Tina Basu
written by Tina Basu

Five sentence Fiction time again, and I just realized that i haven’t written anything after my last week’s FSF!!! 

But something happens when I get these prompts.. I simply get a rush to write it down as soon as possible! I wish I did that for other posts too… 

Anyways go ahead and read this one. Read the other ones here.


The Stalker



Ethan couldn’t take this anymore, he couldn’t believe he could turn a stalker one day.

http://www.womenshealth.gov/violence-against-women/
types-of-violence/stalking.html

But that’s what he had become, he followed Susan everyday from her tiny apartment till she walked to her workplace, and back to her place in the evening, but he made sure he kept a distance.


He couldn’t leave her walking alone in this Downtown area which was infamous for the street thugs, he still cared for her.

Susan seemed happy and lost in the world of addiction, she was completely consumed by drugs and it was evident from her face.


Ethan’s heart achedevery time he saw Susan in this state – he still loved his lady love, his sweetheart, his ex-wife, even two years after their bitter divorce.

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Word theme for the current week is ACHE.
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Five Sentence Fiction – Fate of Life

by Tina Basu
written by Tina Basu
I was thinking of writing a book review today but then came Lillie’s mail in my Inbox with this weeks prompt for Five Sentence Fiction. And I somehow felt I need to write it at once. 

As I told you a few days back I have started following Lillie and her Five Sentence Fictions, I am going to do my second one now. You can read my earlier attempt here. Go ahead and check this one out.


This week’s prompt is FROZEN.


Fate of Life

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Natalie woke up in the hospital bed and saw no one around.

Amidst the beeping machines and saline tubes she tried to look for Nathan but he was not in the room.

She tried to remember what had happened but her mind seemed blank when she heard the door opening.

Nathan walked in but his Frozen face gave away something was terribly wrong and Natalie started to panic.

“Darling don’t feel disturbed, God took our unborn child in His paradise, but don’t worry next time we’ll be more careful, we will definitely make a good family”.

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Word theme for the current week is FROZEN.
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Five Sentence Fiction – In Two Minds

by Tina Basu
written by Tina Basu
I came across Lillie’s blog while surfing the net today and found this nice thing that she does. Each week she gives out one word inspiration and you need to write a ‘five sentence fiction’ based on that word theme.

Now I have been doing 55 fiction (you can read them here) for some time now and thought this is going to be good and I should give it a try. So doing this 5 sentence fiction for the first time. It’s a cool thing when you don’t know what to write! So go ahead check it out.


In Two Minds

Mona was feeling nervous as she waited alone in the green room after her college play, thinking endlessly why their chief guest, the famous Bollywood director Karan Mehta would want to meet a college girl like her and that too alone in the green room!

‘Is he going to take any advantage like how all the gossip magazines keep writing all the time’- she kept thinking as Karan Mehta walked in with his usual swagger.

“You were beautiful in your character, my darling, I can see those Sparks in you, 5 years from now you can become the top actress in the country and that’s why I am going to sign you as my lead heroine in my next film” said Karan Mehta with a smile.

“I can’t thank you enough for this Sir” said an ecstatic Mona with moist eyes.

“Sir… wanted to tell you something sir…” she said as Mehta turned to leave, “You are not how the media says, you are too good, thank you again”.

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Word theme for the current week is SPARKS.
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Book Review: Sirens Spell Danger by Suresh Chandrasekaran, Karthik L, & Radha Sawana

by Tina Basu
written by Tina Basu

Hello Everyone, I am going to review a cool thriller today written by three awesome blogger turned authors. Yes that’s why I am so excited about it some of them I know personally and I am so happy that they are going great guns in getting themselves published. This review is going to have a different format because it’s not just one story but as you can guess it has three different stories. So let’s see how the sirens sound and how dangerous this one is.

“Femme Fatale” is the First story by C Suresh and I love the way he chose to open his story – “How could I have known that merely turning to ogle at a lovely girl would lead me into so much danger?” The author makes it quite clear what you are going to expect in the next few pages. 


We have Tanyawho is also known as Ayesha who of-course is our femme fatale and we have Vicky the newly selected IPS officer. Vicky finds himself in difficult situations and on the verge of his end due to the different situations and incidents caused by our femme fatale. His trip to Bangalore goes horribly wrong and he is faced with the secrets of socio-political world.
Femme Fatale is a fast paced and suspense filled thriller and Suresh has done a wonderful job. His style of story-telling is something which you should read. Being from Bangalore no wonder he has introduced the city in the story. You can never miss the strings of wit when you read his works, in this or in his blog posts. He writes fiction, is a winner of many blogging contests and also is an active trekker. You can jump to his blog here.
The next story is “Bella Donna” by Radha Sawana and there is a lot in that title. I loved the intricate plot and the use of forensics to make it even interesting. While reading I thought she must have done a good amount of research but then when I read about her I figured out her background in chemistry and thus realized her interest in weaving the story in this fashion. It’s a wonderful thriller and one of my favorites now. Radha Sawana is a multifaceted blogger. Do check out her blog Entropy.
The next one is “Bellary”by Karthik L. Set in the backdrop of the famous North Karnataka district Bellary this crime tale has everything in it – politics, mafia, mythology, mystery. There are certain parts which I wish were dealt with some more care but none the less the author’s story telling way is simple and easy and you find it quite enjoyable. Karthik L is one of the finest science fiction I know and his blog is a super blog. Do check out his blog and you will like the series I am sure.
My thoughts – I think it’s a good thriller by Indian authors and quite enjoyable.


My Rating: 4/5 

Book – Sirens Spell Danger
Author – Suresh Chandrasekaran, Karthik L, & Radha Sawana
Genre – Suspense Thriller
Published in – December 2013
Pages – 211
Kindle Price – INR 99

You can download it from Amazon 



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The Weekend Book Haul & Upcoming reviews

by Tina Basu
written by Tina Basu
Hello readers, yesterday I was out for a brunch on Residency Road, Bangalore. And when you are near Brigade Road you can’t just skip some shopping.. can you? But yesterday was different… I bought a good number of books than spending money on any apparel… so unlike me. Anyways, there are some local book shops which you should visit for amazing deals apart from the usual Oxford Book Stores and Crosswords. Actually I’ll do a different post (sometime latter) on the different book stores that you can visit in Bangalore.

This time I visited Blossoms and got loads of books. From Crime to Romance and some non fiction as well. Actually the non fiction ones are my husband’s and I’ll read them once he is done with them. So lets see what we’ve got. 

As you all who have been reading my posts know, I am a crime thriller lover and can never miss that section when ever I visit a book store. So I got some crime, some romance and some political non fiction ones this time.

#1 Father Figure:

The first one is from the famous Silhouette Special Edition Series. It’s a tiny little book by Celeste Hamilton called Father Figure. I have already started reading this one and so far its going nice. I checked online about some details but hardly there is any review on it. So watch out for this ones review when i am done with it. 

#2 Ruling Passions:
Next up is Ruling Passions by Susan Crossland. As the name suggests its a romance fiction and passion filled. i am sure I am going to enjoy it.

#3 Spy Hook
This one is a very interesting Spy thriller by Len Deighton. It’s the first book of the Hook, Line and Sinker Trilogy by Len Deighton. I hope after I finish this i’ll get the other two books as well. In fact he has written two more trilogies. Lets see how this shapes up.

#4 Fear
These are the kind of books I absolutely love. Whenever I read the back cover of a book like this I can never hold myself back. Jeff Abbot is a US suspense thriller author. Fear revolves around a federal witness and murders that happening around. I might just start this soon after I am done with the ones I am currently reading.

#5 The Butchers
What a title. The butchers by Brian Lane is a casebook of Macabre Crimes & forensic detection. So you can understand why I am soooo excited about my book haul this time.

#6 Scandal Point
This one is another crime thriller by Fahad Samar. I have been reading about this one for some time now. Film-maker turned author Fahad Samar obviously wrote a murder mystery surrounding Bollywood and I hope I am going to like it.

#7 The Burma Campaign
Okay this one is my husbands collection but yes I’ll get to read it once he is done with it. Army, war, air force are his interests and I have no idea how many war movies and stories he has seen and read till date. However, this Frank McLynn book has a detailed account of the Burma Campaign during WWII.

#8 Solstice at Panipat
The last one of this month’s haul is Solstice at Panipat by Uday S Kulkarni. This one is also part of my Husband’s collection. This one’s a non fiction account of the third battle of Panipat. Did I tell you eralier that i like History – as in knowing stuffs and not history as a subject to pursue. So I am quite sure I’ll like it when ever I read it.

So that’s it that was my January book haul. Now no more buying books till i finish all of these.

Up coming book reviews in my blog.

#1: I read this wonderful thriller by Suresh C, Karthik L & Radha Sawana and it’s called Sirens spell Danger. So you can expect the review soon.

#2: Next will be a book called Asura : Tale of the Vanquished by Anand Neelakantan. This one is pending for sometime now. I hope to do it very very soon.

#3: Next will be The Zahir by Paulo Coelho. I am reading this currently and wil do a review once I am over with it.

So peeps that’s what happening at my end here. Have so much to read on. Do let me know if you are reading something interesting and I might like it. And also let me know if you liked my book haul!

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