THE MASK: Short Stories, Poems, Interviews

by Tell Me Your Story

The Mask. A word that has become synonymous to safe existence, doesn't need any introduction, given that it has become a requisite accessory of this era witnessing a pandemic. Moreover, even before COVID had disrupted lives, the word ‘mask’ has been a poignant theatre jargon. Words like masque and masquerade have been in vogue since the 16th and 17th centuries when masked actors would perform on stage. The mask is also used to depict concealment, camouflage and cover. Detectives slithered through crime scenes in their masks, as did the spy of war and lovers in ballroom. Mask has been used socially, colloquially and in art, to express supressed, uninformed and/or dual identity. In fiction and nonfiction, the mask found expression through crime, mystery, horror, relationship drama and psycho analytical storytelling, among others.
POETS/AUTHORS :

Ruma Chakraborty

Pragya Bajpai

Antara Roy Bhattacharjee

Sumaa Tekur

MoonMoon Chowdhury

Dev Nath Pathak

Sarveswari Saikrishna

Priyanka Gupta Zielinski

Ramya Srinivasan

Hermit Pen

Kamalini Natesan

Shiva Mittal

Aarav Roy

Souvik Dutta

Preetha Vasan

Mita Banerjee

Priya Rajaram

Kiara Welde

INTERVIEWS OF :

Tony J. Selimi

Shayamal Vallabhjee

Ambi Parameswaram

Saiswaroopa Iyer

Saikat Majumdar

James Barilla

Dev Nath Pathak

Urmi Bhattacheryya

Priyanka Gupta Zielinski

Neil D'Silva

Amanthi Harris

Sunanda Mehta

Himanjali Sankar

Dennis Broe

124 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2021