DEAD NEVER DIE: Based on the Rural Legends of Rajasthan

A village, that is abandoned on every 14th of June. Legend has it that deadly witches, or churels, visit it on that cursed night. Whosoever happens to be there is sacrificed by the churels to enhance their evil power. A kund, where demons are exorcised out of the possessed people. Legend has it that if a pandit of the kund dies an unnatural death, he comes back unless he is beheaded. A jungle, in which no one dares to step on a full-moon night. Legend has it that it is haunted by women who turn into blood-thirsty human bats, or chamgadarni and eat their prey alive. What if the legends are true and you find yourself entrapped in one of these places? What if there is nowhere to escape and your worst nightmare is standing in front of your eyes? And what, if your time is not running out? It is already over. Strictly not to be read by the weak hearted, Dead Never Die is a collection of three terrifying tales inspired by the rural legends of Rajasthan which will shatter your belief that danger lurks only on the city streets, and serial killers can only be humans. Siddharth Nirwan is an ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon, and Assistant Professor at SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Apart from the world of medicine, his passions are photography, travelling, film-making, vlogging and of course, creative writing. He has a You Tube channel ‘Reader’s Vlogg’ on which he regularly posts review videos of books by Indian authors. He can be reached at [email protected].

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