Please click on the links to read the stories. Fiction Publications Flash Fiction "The Cliff" among the 12 shortlisted in Caferati- Kala Ghoda Festival Flash Fiction Contest, 2008 http://www.caferati.com/contests/finalists?contest=ff “Preparing for Shalu's Wedding, flash Fiction, Everyday Fiction – ” (A brother's feelings and fears before his baby sister is married) http://www.everydayfiction.com/preparing-for-shalus-wedding-by-rumjhum-biswas/ “A Room Full of Presents” (A story of unrequited love, and the final reckoning) http://www.shattercolors.com/fiction/biswas_presents.htm “Princess Esmeralda’s Smile” (A woman retraces her steps back to her ancestral home and the emotions that buffet her) http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent6.asp?id=839 “Buffalo Train” (Four children in a marsh and what followed) http://www.nthposition.com/buffalotrain.php   Previous Publications: Filial Ties, fiction, Everyday Fiction - (They buzzed with life and love) http://www.everydayfiction.com/filial-ties-by-rumjhum-biswas/ Keeper of Cats, Fiction, Eclectica – (The matron of a girls hostel and the heart she hides) http://www.eclectica.org/v11n4/biswas.html Ahalya’s Valhalla, fiction, The King’s English – (Headstrong young Ahalya seems indifferent to the price she pays for flouting convention when she allows herself to be painted by a disreputable young man visiting her village. But her victory is only Pyrrhic) http://home.comcast.net/~wapshot1/summer07/Fiction.Biswas.html Hijras on the Highway, fiction, Eclectica – (Against the backdrop of the September Eleven tragedy of the Twin Towers, a group of Indians in a bus experience their own segregation) http://www.eclectica.org/v11n1/biswas.html Dumb Charades, fiction, Clockwise Cat - (A surreal flash fiction) http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2007/05/fiction-by-rumjhum-biswas-dumb-charades.html Gift of the Merlion, fiction, Halfwaydownthestairs - (A young girl reaches out to her mother through her mysterious friend) http://www.halfwaydownthestairs.net/viewstory.php?storyID=32 Sunset in the Hills, fiction, Lily literary Review - (An old woman comes to terms with her lonliness, in the hills of Shillong) http://freewebs.com/lilylitreview/3_2biswas.html Return of the Frog Prince, fiction, Lily Literary Review - (A different take on the old fairy story!) http://lilylitreview.com/3_4biswas.html Feast for a Prince, fiction, Paumanok Review - (What a mother does in order to make sure her baby boy eats) http://www.etext.org/Fiction/Paumanok/3.4/biswas.html Life by Murder, fiction, Loch Raven Review - (Flash Fiction, gues what is murdered!) http://www.lochravenreview.net/2006fall/biswas.html Miz Tiga Doesn’t Play Holi, fiction, Cerebration - (An old teacher remembers the days before she stopped playing Holi) http://www.cerebration.org/rumjhumbiswas.html The Vanishing Man, fiction, The Paumanok Review - (A man sees his family and his life and existence in a new light) http://www.paumanokreview.com/5.1/biswas.html Room Full of Presents, fiction, Amarillo Bay - http://www.amarillobay.org/contents/biswas-rumjhum/room-full.htm Sunset in the Hills, fiction, Gowanus – http://www.gowanusbooks.com/sunset.htm Verb Magazine contest, honorable mention: http://www.readingwriters.com/VERB-Oct07-p2.htm   Home |  Soliloquy in the Woods |  Published Fiction |  Published Poetry |  Magpie's Nest |  Archive Pictures |  Mug Shot |

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