Shattered is a product of Penmancy’s second-year anniversary celebration and contains nineteen brilliant short stories in varied genres from eighteen talented writers. The stories of this anthology, as the title suggests, reflect upon various dimensions of emotional turbulence that make people fall into grave grief and how life and it's lessons help them to acclimitize and rise again. The very first story of the book, Collateral Fractures , written by Sanjukta Ghoshal, got me hooked to it with the author's prowess of delving deep into human agony and manifesting them through the experiences of various characters. I loved the story telling technique in Anastasis by Alpna Das Sharma where she used the art of pottery to associate different human journeys. While the internal conflict in Beneath the Golden Seams by Sanjukta Ghoshal was contemplation - inducing, the sufferings of Nur in The Road to Hell by Aradhna Shukla was heart wrenching. This book as a whole rummages through the universal emotion of being and feeling shattered. At the same time, it also subtly brings to light the inevitability of the indifferent flow of time that heals all and waits for none. I recommend this book to all who have persevered pain, and felt shattered at any point in time, to read and enter this emotionally charged world of short stories. A little about Penmancy - It is a global platform for passionate amateur and aspiring writers to showcase their work. They also offer complete guidance and consultation through the writing journey and upholds a wholesome community of readers and writers. To know more, hop on to their website : https://penmancy.com .
—Tanisha