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Amanda

  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Omission

    This was a piece I submitted in a short story contest. There was a 1500 word limit, which really tested my abilities, so this is the result. As there may ...

    Jan 11, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: the banjoplayer (for Holly)

    What surprises me the most is that you are writing like this at 18. You are right in the league of Seamus Heaney with this piece. In general I am ...

    Jan 11, 2010


Maybe what most people wanted wasn't immortality and fame, but the reassurance that their existence had meant something. No matter how long... or how brief. Maybe being eternal meant becoming a story worth telling.
— Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality