Over the years I have written short stories on a variety of subjects. Finally I put them together in one collection. The stories in this work include moving personal accounts, historic fiction, comedy, horror, and compelling looks at life, death and laughter. My Shorts includes comedic works like EmmaBeetlebitter, a tale of a very strange school teacher, Beanwacker andDudley, a story of a wacky law firm as well as dark works like The Crimean Horrors, a story of war and death. Also included is the short story version of a play called Black and White and Read All Over which looks at race relations in an amusing but profound way.
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
