City of Dreams and Nightmares: Vol Zero

By Roshan Varghese

Suddenly, he felt a jolt.

The train had come to a halt. His station was next.
He looked at his wrist watch. He was late.

It was happening again...

It was no longer planned… Just sudden and random.
He couldn't place the last seven hours in his head!
There was a hole in his mind and his memory seemed to be leaking out of it - into nothingness.

She had told him this was going to happen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Notion Press
• Release date: Dec 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9789352065318

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CITY OF

DREAMS

AND NIGHTMARES

-----Vol Zero----

ROSHAN VARGHESE

Illustrations by Nikolai

Notion Press

Old No. 38, New No. 6

McNichols Road, Chetpet

Chennai - 600 031

First Published by Notion Press 2015

Copyright © Roshan Varghese 2015

Illustrations by Natasha Shah

All Rights Reserved.

ISBN 978-93-5206-531-8

This book has been published in good faith that the work of the author is original. All efforts have been taken to make the material error-free. However, the author and the publisher disclaim the responsibility.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher.

I couldn’t remember my lies.

So, I started writing a journal to document them.

By Jove, if only they were true…!

But what the hell… when I finally lose my mind, this is all that I am going to remember…

For all those who dream-

You know you have lived a lifetime,

When all your dreams are now memories…

Some more real than the rest.

Contents

Title

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgements

Prologue

1. Fear of Flying

2. Memory, Dreams, Fantasies

3. Truth is over-rated

Epilogue

Preface

City of Dreams and Nightmares (CoD+N) is inspired by a painting by my sister, Stephy Thomas. The first scene was written in a blur as a response to it.

The rest of the story is a result of a short conversation that lasted half a decade.

Acknowledgements

To my parents (K.G. Geevarghese and Gracey Geevarghese) who are solely responsible for all that is good in me.

To my little sister, Stephy Thomas, for being my secret keeper and co-conspirator.

To Kavita Mishra, for being the first reader of the story and helping me shape it.

And finally, to Natasha Shah, for believing in CoD+N whole heartedly and making it all happen.

This book wouldn’t have been possible without any of them.

Prologue

Suddenly, he felt a