"Hello, this is Blake and here's Suicide Hotline. How can I help you?" "..." "Hello? Are you there?" He could hear the person's breathing heavily on the other line. "Hello?" "Thank you for picking up." She hung up. Blake look at his phone, confused and put it down before receiving another called. • • • • • • • • • TRIGGER WARNING 1. SELF HARM 2. SUICIDE • • • • • • • • • Copyright © 2016 Nicole Wong All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Life is all about the words used, the words that has power to change the world upside down. Every such word has a beautiful story hidden behind. "Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." -Rumi Truely, it's words fragile like heart and emotions pure like soul that can blossom the beautiful flower known as memories. Each word has some beautiful emotions, fascinating memories and euphoric concoctions. The Stolen Words is collection of such some beautiful pocket stories. Hope you will enjoy reading my new book Stolen Words ~Giving Wings To Hidden Stories. Cover credit :- @lucky03m

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." - Anne Frank It wasn't just simply said, "A pen is mightier than sword." As the writers hold their pens, they don't just write. They create a whole new world. A world that gets its life from the figment of their imagination. It's breathtaking as we realize just how much power do we have! 'THE WHISPERS OF INK' is a collection of such beautiful short stories. We hope you'll enjoy them!

Avinash Singh had learnt from his father when he was four that the sky is blue in color and he also learnt from his father that it was okay to beat his wife. Because why else would his mother always tell him that it wasn't his dad's fault and he hit her because she made a mistake. It was also the reason he decided to never marry . Avinash learned many things from his father as he grew up, until he met her, Roshini Mehortra. The girl who made him question everything he believed about himself and realized how blurred his view of the world had been due to his father influence. Cover Credit :" Canva ( Play store app) "

"A Withered Rose A Broken Promise These are enough to make someone more than insecure about marriage, a lovely and sacred relationship." Adina, a 25-year-old Artist does believe in a PURE marriage. A true and spiritual relationship that doesn't exist anymore, according to her. At least in and around her surroundings. Which means she is a kind of misogamist. As a child, the art she harboured as a hobby was not exactly the reason why she drew such a portrait. As soon as she did, she had to undergo therapies. What is the portrait that she had drawn? Why did she have to undergo therapies? As she healed, she only wanted a guy who respects a woman irrespective of her work or attitude; making her not exactly a misogamist. However, she is and became one of the misogamists. The reason is a single rose and single promise behind her 'misos' towards 'gamos'. By which, she fitted to be one of those 'Withered Rose.'