Echoes in a pagebreak

 


 Echoes in a Pagebreak — Experimental Short Story #1
From the series: 60 Experimental Short Stories

Welcome to a New Literary Chapter!

At farazparvez1.blogspot.com, we are proud to embark on a bold and thrilling new journey — one that redefines the contours of storytelling. Starting today, we launch our much-awaited “60 Experimental Short Stories” series — an anthology of surreal, genre-defying, and emotionally-charged microcosms that dare to challenge convention. These stories will play with language, twist timelines, fracture narratives, and most importantly, ignite wonder in every reader's heart.

Each short story in this series will reflect our unwavering commitment to innovation, aesthetic depth, and reader engagement. And yes — your overwhelming support has inspired us to plan the ebook edition, followed by a print anthology of these 60 wonders for our global readership.

So tighten your seatbelts — today begins something extraordinary.

Echoes in a Pagebreak

Experimental Short Story #1
By Faraz Parvez (Professor Dr. Arshad Abdullah)

[March 3rd, 1997]
I found a journal today. Not mine. But the handwriting…
It's mine. Yet I don't remember ever writing in it.
There are gaps. Pages missing. Smudges that look intentional.

[Blank Page]

[March 5th, 1997]
I remember a woman. Her laughter sounded like breaking glass.
She wrote poetry on napkins. She hid letters in library books.
Did I love her?
Or did she write me?

[Note scribbled diagonally across the margin:]
Do not trust the footnotes. They lie.

[March 8th, 1997]
My name… doesn’t feel mine anymore.
It tastes foreign when I say it aloud.

[Dialogue—unattributed]
— You erased yourself.
— No. I rearranged myself.
— Into what?
— Into echoes.

[The page is torn.]

[March 9th, 1997]
I found my mother’s voice on cassette. She said:
“Never lose the map in your chest.”
But my ribs are walls now. And the heart is a locked drawer.
No key.
Only a folded note inside that says:
“Look again.”

[March 10th, 1997 | Time: ∞]
I read the journal backward today.
It made more sense that way.
Maybe life is meant to be read that way.
Maybe we are all prefaces pretending to be endings.

[The Last Entry — unsigned]
If you’re reading this, you’re already part of the story.
Turn the page.
Or don’t.
Either way,
the story continues.

Why This Matters

Echoes in a Pagebreak isn't just a story — it's an experience. Through fragmented timelines, disembodied voices, and spatial silence, this narrative invites you to abandon the linear and embrace the layered. It's our invitation to you: dare to read between the lines.

Stay with us at farazparvez1.blogspot.com as we unfold more such stories — mysterious, poetic, experimental. This was just the beginning. Fifty-nine more await.
Read. Reflect. Rethink.

And if you enjoy these, don’t forget — we’re cooking up the eBook and print anthology just for you.

Let the experiments begin.

Next story coming soon… Experimental Short Story #2
Title teaser: “The Man Who Forgot He Was Fiction”



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