Category: Literature
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Lessons in Chemistry – TV Show Review
Review: Lessons in Chemistry (TV Show, Apple TV+, IMDB rating: 8.3/10, no spoilers) Dr. Akif Khan Lessons in Chemistry is not just a tv show and it is not just about chemistry at all. It is lessons in life, lessons in kindness, love, forgiveness, struggle, perseverance, resilience, commitment, determination, enthusiasm and passion. Do not fear…
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Limit (A Short Scifi Story)
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblogeurope/14064995855 By Dr. Akif Khan Captain M and her crew of 5 aboard AZK-Delta-3031-85 were very excited when they embarked on this mission. After 3 years long cryosleep in their chambers, they finally woke up. It would take another 2 weeks to reach this new exoplanet where they hope to find life. So far,…
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The Midnight Crisis – Excerpt 2
Chapter XVII Cowardice I have a big hole in my heart. I can’t fill it with anything. I have tried. Trust me Valeria. I really did. You will always be a stupid Raphael. Always! I don’t know. But I missed you. You didn’t miss me. You are just a creepy jealous asshole. I’m…
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Luck
It’s a common saying that luck did or didn’t favour me. You hear everyone blaming their luck all the time. But this concept of a supernatural force is nothing but a farce. There is no thing called luck. But yeah, there are chances and probabilities. It’s hard to understand that this can be the case.…
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Cut the crap – 1
When I get up in the morning, usually it’s this annoying sound of alarm. Three alarms that I have set on my phone. One rings at 7:50 am, second at 8:15 am and third at 8:30 am. I am obsessed with this grammatical structure that I wrote the missing “AMs” with the last two times…
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Thy Love is Divine…
That embrace was very serene, When I was in a dream, Through that time memorable, That I envisaged; all I treasure. To call it just a vision, Will not fall into precision, I will tell you why, I feel that way, I try. The love is just a feeling of mine, Nothing though that I…
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The Midnight Crisis – (An excerpt) Page ***
CHAPTER XI (FALLING FOR LOVE, WAITING FOR HONESTY) “I feel like a baby who longed for Moon, and when he got there, he couldn’t breathe, he was alone and scared. And everyone on earth was laughing on the silly choice he had made.” I exclaimed. “You had the option Raphael, you got selfish, you thought…
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That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain
Akif Khan The volition is strongly enveloped in the name of past and future. The appraisal has been nullified. Looking into the eyes and the frown on the face of their masters that do not match the grin on their cold lips, the scapegoats could not remember the line of hamlet, “One may smile and…