Neil Marathe
Stories (69/0)
Now I know why.
Billy walked across the room to the first set of doors . Inside the room was another set of doors. There were also some nurses who were going to decontaminate him. The set up reminded him of a cartoon he watched when he was younger called SpongeBob.
By Neil Marathe7 months ago in Earth
I saved a stranger's life
It all started many years ago when I saw an email going around in my university email's feed. There was a person at my university , in my own department (although I never interacted with her) who needed either a stem cell transplant or a platelet transplant due to her blood cancer.
By Neil Marathe8 months ago in Chapters
The first piece that got rejected
This event happened when I was eleven and had started a new school. In the UK, everyone changes school after year six to go from primary school to secondary school. Throughout primary school I was one of the best academically, particularly in literacy. However, I had borrowed from other authors or even downright plagiarized on a few occasions. More can be found here-
By Neil Marathe8 months ago in Writers
The first piece that I remember
The first piece that I remember writing, I must be around 7 years old and in year three. It was the first time that in Literacy class (that's the word used to describe English at that age) , that we had come across complex texts. Or as complex as they will be for someone that age.
By Neil Marathe8 months ago in Writers
The five people you'll meet in heaven
I personally don’t believe in a Judeo-Christian version of the afterlife. So no, no heaven for me. I also don’t believe in reincarnation or purgatory or the bardo, or anything like that. I believe in ghosts and have tried to meet many, but I failed.
By Neil Marathe8 months ago in BookClub
Rumpelstiltskin 2
Rumpelstiltskin had waited patiently for this for many years. All he had done was kept his end of the bargain. He had saved a young girl from certain death by using his talents. And that too when she had lied about having them in the first place.
By Neil Marathe9 months ago in Fiction
Why ears exist on heads.
Long ago, there was more equality between men and the other beasts. All beasts were trying to make their way in the world. There would be squabbles and tiffs, but it all worked out. No creature dominated the other.There was a symbiotic relationships between all of them.
By Neil Marathe9 months ago in Fiction