CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B
7 March 2026, 02:13 AM
Creative non-fiction
CREATIVE NONFICTION / From autumn to winter in the northeast England
7 February 2026, 01:54 AM
Books & Literature
POETRY / ‘The Unnamed’ and ‘Incomplete’: Two poems
28 November 2025, 19:31 PM
Books & Literature
LITERARY CURTAINS / Adaptation as misrecognition: ‘Siddhartha’ between text, philosophy, and stage
28 November 2025, 19:30 PM
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / Of jasmines, departure, and desire for a déjà vu
21 November 2025, 18:28 PM
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / The Solitude of ’69
19 November 2025, 10:28 AM
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / Writer in the dark
19 September 2025, 19:09 PM
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / A visit before the journey
5 September 2025, 18:59 PM
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FICTION / The dawn’s return
5 September 2025, 18:58 PM
Fiction
Poetry / Silence, our witness
22 August 2025, 19:02 PM
Books & Literature
‘Sugar’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 28
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 28 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Sugar
20 April 2023, 16:28 PM
At least we tried
Sharing one’s work, whether it is through publishing the old-fashioned way, self-publishing, bringing out an ebook, or simply posting a vignette on social media, can be daunting—a bit like undressing in public.
20 April 2023, 00:30 AM
Discovering Contemporary Poetry Beyond Social Media
For me, poetry has forever been an elusive passion.
19 April 2023, 17:00 PM
‘Total’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 27
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 27 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Total
19 April 2023, 16:30 PM
The ticket line
As the rush to get home for Eid builds up, six lives in Dhaka city collide.
19 April 2023, 13:04 PM
‘Wild’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 26
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 26 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Wild
18 April 2023, 16:30 PM
‘Sticker’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 25
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 25 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Sticker
18 April 2023, 09:21 AM
‘Song Title’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 24
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 24 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Song Title
16 April 2023, 18:05 PM
‘Record’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 23
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 23 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Record.
15 April 2023, 16:29 PM
Why so serious?
Falling into the comfortable rhythm of a familiar form, it took scant minutes to bang out a silly poem that made me laugh and melted away all the tension, and it took me back to why I created Sehri Tales in the first place.
15 April 2023, 10:55 AM
‘Hurt’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 22
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 22 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Hurt
14 April 2023, 16:38 PM
Escapril: How a poetry writing challenge curates community
The Instagram account for Escapril posts all 30 prompts for the month ahead of time, and the poet is only required to write by taking inspiration from said prompts
14 April 2023, 12:45 PM
‘Drinks with a Ghost’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 21
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 21 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Drinks with a Ghost
13 April 2023, 16:07 PM
‘Read’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 20
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 20 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Read
12 April 2023, 14:04 PM
‘Face’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 19
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 19 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Face
11 April 2023, 13:04 PM
‘Diary’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 18
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 18 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Diary
11 April 2023, 08:25 AM
‘Cow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 17
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 17 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Cow
9 April 2023, 18:54 PM
The life aquatic
I was an otter. I was an amphibian. Even at night I would be in the pond or the river.
9 April 2023, 12:45 PM
'Enter': Sehri Tales selections, Day 16
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 16 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Entry
8 April 2023, 17:51 PM
The magic of muscle memory
While talent might determine the quality of the writing, and many of our Talers have these in buckets, the basic skill is actually a result of something more mundane: consistent practice.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM