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 A crush: to care hard for someone you hardly know. When you see them, it's like your eyes deceive you (for who could possibly be so lovely) and when you hear their laugh, it's like it is your ears that are being bewitched now. You adore them from far and would cherish them from close, but sometimes fate, station or circumstance deems that impossible. That is where this epistle comes in. Here is Dr. Umer’s prescription for an intense, passing infatuation. Tell a friend . Keeping a crush, a secret, is the worst thing that you can do. The more you keep something a secret, the more you internalize it, and the more you breathe into it a life of its own. Denial will not help. Telling a friend and divulging the secret is the first step.   ⁕ Go talk to them . Gawking at someone and being dumb-faced by how cute and attractive they are is simply...  rude. So, go talk to your crush, say hi and introduce yourself. Get to know their name. This might surprise you but most people a...

Inkspell is a literary completion organized by Khwabdeeda Literary Society each year. I took part in their visual writing competition. The visual prompt was a beautiful, gloomy angel falling from the sky. Gothic and morbid is really not my writing style but the following appropriately dark piece landed me the third position in the contest. (Guess I'm lucky I was reading and getting inspired from Poe those days!) Have fun reading.