He didn't believe in ghosts.
"What rubbish, ghosts are but figments of your terrified, primitive brains, working overtime" he'd argue with friends.
Even when they found him hanging by the ceiling fan one day, his suicide note read: "No one but I am responsible for my death. And please, for heaven's sake, don't think that I'll come and haunt you all as a ghost. There's no such thing as a ghost."
It's a different matter that a couple of days later, his friend Ashish, who lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment, choked on his dinner and died when this guy appeared at his dining table.
"Well, I just realized I was wrong. I'm sorry."
*******
"What rubbish, ghosts are but figments of your terrified, primitive brains, working overtime" he'd argue with friends.
Even when they found him hanging by the ceiling fan one day, his suicide note read: "No one but I am responsible for my death. And please, for heaven's sake, don't think that I'll come and haunt you all as a ghost. There's no such thing as a ghost."
It's a different matter that a couple of days later, his friend Ashish, who lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment, choked on his dinner and died when this guy appeared at his dining table.
"Well, I just realized I was wrong. I'm sorry."
*******
Yeah, one should be sorry sometimes.
ReplyDeletemampi: at least after one dies..warna log aise hi usko maar denge
ReplyDeleteI meant to say ke HAHAHAhahahahaha, SAB KO KABHI NA KABHI SORRY MANGNA PARTHA HAI
ReplyDeleteDarkly funny, the kind I like. :-)
ReplyDelete--Hyde.
liked it! darkly funny! :)
ReplyDeletehyde: long time! thanks once again.. and welcome back :-)
ReplyDeletepriya: :-) thx...
Hahahah, that was good. Not the usual goosebump-raising type for once :) Love the length and abruptness of it.
ReplyDeleteu mean ki ghost sachi mein hote hai??
ReplyDeletenow you are really scaring me.
hehe cute.
ReplyDeletethis for a change was funny...but y punish the poor friend...
ReplyDeletei agree with Iya.. why punish the poor friend?
ReplyDeleteI was never away. :-)
ReplyDelete--Hyde.
Hey..that was cool! So small yet as scary as alwayz..hats off!
ReplyDeletealice: length and abruptness..liked the way you put it :-) thanks once again..
ReplyDeletePinku: yeh main thodi kah raha hoon? ;-)
Cynic: :-)
Iya: well, a story is a story..
How do we know: Interesting username :-) welcome..pls read reply to iya's comment :D
hyde: you sound like Bond - "I never left". hehe
kiran: hey, thanx.. :-)
The name is Hyde, Edward Hyde. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI know, I know!
hyde: ah!
ReplyDelete"Best friends for ever" eh?
ReplyDeleteBut how did he come to know whether he was ghost or spirit? How could he be so sure even after dying that ghost exist and not just spirits and apparations ;)
I have identity crisis even when alive :P
Dark humor is the best kind. :)
ReplyDeleteCompletely different from your usual style..
ReplyDeleteLiked the length and directness of it..
ROFL!!
ReplyDeleteoops sorry but i couldent help laughing at the humour that i forgot the eerie part :p
thanks btw...il'l remember never to meet my friends at the dinner table after im dead! ;)
Stupidosaur: LOL..good point.
ReplyDeleteSEV: you bet!
Priyanka: thanks.. :-)
Pri: Yeah, meet them during a conference/meeting at work ;-)
Read your stories before but commenting for the first time. This one was really good. I like stories with black humor....
ReplyDeleteganesh: thanks for commenting :-)
ReplyDelete:) nice one! i liked the comic touch to the suicide note. "Please, for heaven's sake..."
ReplyDeletefor heaven's sake indeed!
this was one was the best :)
ReplyDeletedaysleeper: You noticed.. :-)
ReplyDelete~anu~: :-) thx..
omg that was so funny!
ReplyDeleteThe other 'chronicles' are very entertaining, too.
Had I been in the friend's place, I'd be dead too! Funny one :)
ReplyDeletemummy ji: thx!
ReplyDeleteneha: :)
a perfect mix of Humor and Horror..!!
ReplyDeletewow so ghosts not only exist, but are also apologetic for their deeds.
ReplyDeleteGood one. Only you can come up with such a variety in ghost tales.