Nikhil Sai

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“House of Mirrors” by Nikhil Sai

Everything in the room was a mirror—walls, ceiling, and floor. I stood amidst an infinite cascade of reflections, my own image fracturing into countless versions. Each step on the mirrored floor felt like treading on fragile glass. And then, inevitably, I bumped into one of my own reflections. Ouch! The pain was real, but so was the thrill. Could I break these mirrors? The thought lingered, tantalizing. After all, this was a reality show, and every shard could be content. Behind me, a green bulb blinked to life on the wall. The signal—the ch...

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“She & I” by Nikhil Sai

It’s been four years since I saw her or rather I ran away from her. Nah, that’s not true either I ignored her because of him, that guy she was in love with. I didn’t even remember his name, this is not true either, I remember his name, but I don’t want to think of his name. I can’t take all the blame for the communication break between us though, because it’s true that I left all the social media and changed my number, all this is my doing. But, this is a big BUT because she knew my house, she could’ve visited once in the four years, but she...

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“Metamorphosis” by Nikhil Sai

Arjun slammed his plate of food to the wall on the right-hand side. Everybody at the dinner table looked startled, to say the least. "Can I eat now?" Arjun roared and there was silence from his side of the table to the other end where his father sat. His father looked at him his eyebrows arched and his face slowly turning red. Arjun didn't give a shit he stood upright, took an empty plate, filled his plate with some food and quietly went upstairs into his room where no one would ask him questions about him choosing literature for post-gra...

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“Querencia” by Nikhil Sai

Submitted to Contest #85

That’s the thing about this city, it’s chaos everywhere and you just feel you are no exception. She said with a smile on her face. I nodded not in agreement but awkwardness. Our food arrived at the table— the hotness of the food gazed at me looking into my eyes like it always does. The hot fumes from the food formed the word useless on my face laughing at my helplessness. I shifted my gaze towards Priya to comfort myself. While she is busy tasting the food. Why aren’t you eating she questioned while scooping into her dessert. One of...

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“Algorithm” by Nikhil Sai

Submitted to Contest #72

"Welcome to the after life...." Peter heard a voice said to him. But he was out in the world before he could comprehend who it was and he is in the job before he could get a grasp around this world . It was quite a task for him in the initial days, but slowly he understood some things about this place. He got a job in the food section which is the highest level of job you can get in this place and if anybody asked him how he got this job he would simply smile and got out of that situation because he doesn't remember....

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