Short Stories by Lucid Illusions2026-06-29T17:31:09+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/feed.xmlShort Stories by Lucid IllusionsThis website is a collection of my short stories.Hallowed Be Thy Beans2026-06-22T12:30:03+05:302026-06-22T12:30:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/publication/2026/06/22/hallowed-fotw.html“The matte black bag arrived without a return address, vacuum-sealed and heavy enough to feel like lead. I had shelled out forty pounds for a boutique roast labelled ‘Espresso Self’,...Kiss To Forget2026-06-19T18:00:03+05:302026-06-19T18:00:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/publication/2026/06/19/kisstoforget-metastellar.html“Rage is inefficient, it requires staff to scrape incompetent remnants off the floor and file reports with the Department of Extraneous Corporeal Removal. I do not rage, instead, I merely...Ground Control To Major Thorne2026-06-14T15:50:03+05:302026-06-14T15:50:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/blog/2026-06-14-random-blog/Lucid IllusionsIf you are a millennial, some of the most formative years of your life on the internet were likely spent in chat rooms and forums. This also means you probably...A Gnawing Silence of my Sleep Demon2026-06-12T18:00:03+05:302026-06-12T18:00:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/publication/2026/06/12/gnawing-silence.html“It soon brought back the paralysis. It wasn’t just the heaviness during sleep; it was a granite weight pressing on his chest, pinning him to the mattress. He would wake...The Universal Conquest2026-01-16T07:20:03+05:302026-01-16T07:20:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2026/01/16/universalconquest.htmlThe final protocol was a System-Wide Load Test. Dr. Megan Williams was not satisfied with curing Subject E’s isolated tumour; she wanted to prove the Universal Scalability of the William’s...Cattywampus2025-12-26T07:20:03+05:302025-12-26T07:20:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2025/12/26/cattywampus.htmlThe IKEA instructions promised a “sleek, minimalist bookshelf,” but Phoebe’s living room looked like a timber yard explosion. She had ignored the diagrams, confident that her intuition surpassed Swedish engineering....The Phantom Ankle-Biter’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haunting2025-10-17T07:20:03+05:302025-10-17T07:20:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2025/10/17/vertical.htmlElmer — jokingly called the ankle-biting phantom by his fellow spectres — who finally got promoted to the head poltergeist in the lower realms of the mansion, was having a...Witchcraft 101: Party Trick2025-10-03T07:20:03+05:302025-10-03T07:20:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2025/10/03/wc101-partytrick.htmlThe fluorescent glow of their phones cast an eerie light on the faces of Liam, Chloe, Maya, and Noah. Their apartment, usually a chaotic mess of textbooks and instant ramen,...Through the September Curse: Monthly update2025-09-30T23:50:03+05:302025-09-30T23:50:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/blog/2025-09-29-sept2025/Lucid IllusionsSeptember has been a true mixed bag of a month. For a few years now, I’ve felt that September, in general, has been somewhat of a cursed month for me....Disappointment2025-09-19T11:50:03+05:302025-09-19T11:50:03+05:30https://ss.lucidillusions.in/blog/2025-09-19-disappointment/Lucid IllusionsI finally got myself to watch ‘Polite Society’ and what a great movie, it does stumble a little on technicality, but overall it’s a great watch! Anyway, while watching it...