How the mind feels in lonely, faraway and peculiar places? Voodoo, black magic, souls, etc. are real or just the imagination of people? ‘Laughter in Darkness’ a sequel to the novel ‘Trembling Shadows’ which was published as series in Matrubharti
Laughter in Darkness
A suspense, romantic and psychological thriller
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
Dear Matrubharti readers,
I published few months back a series Trembling Shadows, the last episode of it also reached you. It was a good story and I expected that you do encourage it also just like the other stories of mine. But what I did not expect at all was the tremendous downloads and views of the same! It was a story which begins in the morning of a day and comes to an end on the morning of the next day, a peculiar romantic, suspense, psychological thriller, even though I have expected good response to it, I did not expect that much at all! Thank you very much for making it a grand success like that!
The happy news I want tell you now is; that Trembling Shadows has a sequel, that is this story ‘Laughter in Darkness’ which also has as much length as that story with more than one lakh words and I am going to publish it as series in Matrubharti from now on. This House of Delusions is in fact continuation of Trembling Shadows with all the characters in Trembling Shadows with some new. This story also has all the ingredients of Trembling Shadows, starts at the morning of one day and comes to the end at the morning of the next day in the same old big palace. This story also is a romantic, suspense, psychological thriller just like Trembling Shadows. I hope that you do encourage this story also just like you did with Trembling Shadows. Don’t forget to rate and review this novel.
With warm regards,
Author,
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
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About me
I am an Indian English writer write mostly fiction books and so far I have written forty seven books out of which forty five books are romantic, psychological thrillers and the remaining two are non-fiction books, Body, Mind and You and English Grammar Simplifier. The word count of my books range from 15,000 to 3,50,000 and the total word count of all my books is more than 40,00,000 (Forty Lakhs Words). I have a weakness, I don’t get the feeling that I wrote the book if someone else edits the same, so I am my own editor to all my books. As such there is a pretty chance that you may come across grammatical, verbal mistakes, incongruities and inconsistencies while going through my books, then please pardon me and go ahead. I am always open as much as possible when it comes to sexual narrations in my books as I think sex is very main and natural characteristic not just in human beings but in all other creatures also. So you can find sexual narrations in my books graphical, absolute and complete. My heart-felt thanks to all those who have been reading my books all along, encouraging me and supporting me.
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Few Words from the Author
Dear Reader,
Let me thank you heart-fully for the continuous encouragement for all my books till date. Before I do say anything about this book, I want to say why I wrote this book.
‘Trembling Shadows’ is my very first romantic and psychological thriller with a word count of 1,17,731. In that thriller some eight people went into a house in the suburbs of a village which is in the very corner of the country to see a hundred years aged old woman who was bedridden for four days by that time. Even by the two doctors among those eight people considered that the old woman was in a coma like state, there was a rumor in the village that the old woman went on soul journey and come back into her body at any moment. Those eight people one day full experiences in that house is the novel ‘Trembling Shadows’.
I am thinking for a long time to write a sequel to the book ‘Trembling Shadows.’ I am prepared with a particular story also but could not pen it till now until I completed all the other books in the meanwhile. Now, ‘Laughter in Darkness’ a sequel to the book ‘Trembling Shadows’ is in your hands to read and enjoy
But what is the story of this ‘Laughter in Shadows’? One among the eight people Dr.Malathi who visited the house last time expired but three new people psychiatrist Rose, her daughter Emily and psychiatrist Neeraja along with the remaining seven people and two kids entered into the house again to enjoy. There was no old woman in that house now as she was also expired. Just like in ‘Trembling Shadows’ the strange experiences of these people in their one day stay in that house is this novel ‘Laughter in Darkness’ with a word count of 1,18,530.
I have created the character of Dr.Rose in my novel ‘Rain Flower’ a psychological thriller who was a psychiatrist in Black Ant Mental Care (which is also available in my Matrubharti series). I included Dr.Rose and her daughter Emily in my novels ‘Enna’, ‘Amaswitha’ and ‘Sasikala.’ There is some simple role of Dr.Rose in my book ‘Just Relax!’ in which I have introduced the character of Dr.Neeraja another psychiatrist. You do say Dr.Rose, Emily and Dr.Neeraja are perfect inclusions in this novel after you finish reading of it.
You neither need to read ‘Trembling Shadows’, nor any of the books mentioned here to understand and enjoy this novel ‘Laughter in Darkness.’ This book can be independently read and enjoyable just like any other book of mine.
I request you to rate and leave a review once you finished reading of this thriller.
With warm regards,
Author
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
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The Story Briefly
In the year 2011 eight people entered into a house which was in the suburbs of a village in a very far corner of the country to see the old woman ‘Rajeswari’ grandmother of Dr.Rajesh who was bedridden. During their stay in the house at that time all of them faced strange experiences. The old woman who has been rumored to be in soul journey was expired at that time. After performing the last rites to the old woman, Dr.Rajesh and the rest of them left that house. Later on, Dr.Rajesh repaired and renovated the house and in January, 2020 came into the same house again with the same people including three others psychiatrist Rose, her daughter Emily and psychiatrist Neeraja to enjoy. Their strange experiences in their one day stay in that house and the opinions formed by them in the end regarding their strange experiences is the story of the novel ‘Laughter in Darkness’ a sequel to the book ‘Trembling Shadows.’
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Disclaimer
The concept, plot, story, characters and everything in this novel are only fiction and emerged only out of the imagination of this author. If anything in this novel even a small part of it resembles, similar or identical to any living or dead or to any literature, anywhere in the world even remotely it is only coincidental and this author has no knowledge whatsoever of it and cannot take any responsibility for the same.
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Laughter in Darkness
A suspense, romantic and psychological thriller
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
21st January, 2020: 5 in the morning:
They were twelve in number, four men, five women, one fourteen years aged girl, five years aged one girl kid and one boy kid. Just fifteen minutes back they were all entered into that house and settled in the chairs in that verandah before the rooms in downstairs.
“Just wonderful! Fantastic! I read about this house in that book but could not guess it would be like this. It is indeed big!” looking at the four directions with eagerness and interest, Neeraja said.
“This house has been constructed by father of my grandmother. It is more than hundred years old. When I said I want to repair and renovate this house, initially my wife, daughter and son in law did not agree to it but later they understood my emotional attachment to it and agreed.” Rajesh paused for a moment and said again. “I put considerable investment. I got made all the arrangements for our comfort. There are beds to take rest in every room except in this middle room. As the entrance way is from this middle room I did not prefer to arrange a bed here. All you may better put your luggage in this room. Except that Ratnam and his assistant to take our breakfast, lunch and dinner no one else would enter into this house, so there is no problem to your luggage.”
“Alright! We do so.” While her charming smile playing its part on her lips, Rose said. “Anyhow there are not that much valuables in our luggage. Mostly clothes and cosmetics.”
“There are three rooms downstairs and three rooms in the upstairs. The bathroom is just beside the big kitchen. Except you three, everyone else here are acquainted with the anatomy of this house.” Rajesh said.
“You have forgotten Arjun and Madhuri. They are also first time visitors to this house.” Sunanda said.
“I have forgotten about these junior citizens.” Rajesh smiled and said.
“Even we are the first time visitors, we too know about the house through the book ‘A Mansion of Illusions.’ This house has been so clearly described in that book.” Neeraja laughed and said.
“Alright. Anyhow you, Dr.Rose and her daughter please occupy the first room downstairs. It is very big with big ventilation and a king size bed in it. You can enjoy it in the way you want. But you have to come out only for your bath and other things. None of the rooms here have attached bathrooms. We all have to use the single bathroom beside kitchen but it is enough wide and having all the facilities in it.”
“For our one day single stay here, that is not going to be a problem.” Rose said.
“If you want. you can keep your luggage in your room itself. It is wide enough.” Tanuja said.
“I already put it in the middle room and have no strength to move it anywhere. Anyhow there are not much valuable in them as I said before.” Rose said.
“The same apply to me also and I also prefer to leave my luggage in the middle room.” Neeraja smiled and said.
“Tanuja and I prefer to stay in the grandma’s room. The rest of you can use the upstairs first and second rooms as the last room is still locked. You may use our room also if you want.” Looking at the other people there, Rajesh said.
“Alright, we do so.” Anand smiled and said.
“There is a small garden on the back side of this house. There is an entrance into it through kitchen. Even the garden is quite beautiful it is not that much recommendable to go into it in this environment. Because of the intermittent rain the ground of it may be quite wet and slippery.”
“We think later whether to go into it or not.” Neeraja smiled and said.
“In half an hour or so that Ratnam does come here taking our breakfast. You people may finish your bathing and other morning routine if you want.” Rajesh said looking into the faces of the people there sat in the chairs.
“I go first and take my bathing.” Neeraja got off from the chair and went away from that place.
“We have faced very strange experiences when we visited this place last time. How our experiences are going to be here now I cannot guess.” Rajesh said to Rose who sat in the chair just beside him.
“I read all about that in that book ‘A Mansion Of Illusions’ and I still can remember most of your experiences here which have been written in that book. I have no doubt that you were all just subjected to visionary and auditory hallucinations at that time.”
(I hope that you enjoyed upto here. I shall publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to rate and review.)
