Surendra Pratap Singh (author)

Surendra Pratap Singh, (S.P. Singh) was born in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India (6 November 1962). After primary education from a village school, he passed his ISC from UP Sainik School, Lucknow. Thereafter, he did his military training from NDA and IMA before getting commissioned as an officer in 1983. During a patrolling assignment in 1998 in Mizoram, he passed by a haunted lake. When asked why there was no human settlement around that water body, a Gorkha soldier narrated him its folktale. The story inspired him to pick up writing, which later became his passion.

Presently he lives in Dehradun.

Career

In more than a decade, he has penned down AbOUT sixty short stories and four novels. The first short story collection Dying Shadows was published on 30 October 2004, the second, Truth and Beyond in 2006. MiST, Dew and Raindrops was published on 20 February 2017. His first novel, Parrot under the Pine Tree was published on 1 May 2017.

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Short Story collection

• Dying Shadows: It is a collection of short stories, which depict a mindset, setting in the modern-day society. The basic human values of trust, compassion, care, tolerance and love have diminished in a modern-day town or city. The advent of the 21st century is characterised by the conflicts all around; conflict between nations, religions, and between the rich and the poor.
• Truth and Beyond - A collection of Short Stories: 'Truth and Beyond' is a collection of short stories. The book describes journeys, full of trials and tribulations, undertaken by several of its protagonists. The existence of a surreal world is up for debate.
• Mist, Dew and Raindrops - A collection of Short Stories: It is a collection of ten short stories-

Repentance - Two women, complete strangers, become friends during a train journey and share their past, but withhold a secret.

The Lucky Coin - Driven by greed, a poor man after getting wealth runs around to protect it.

Those Seven Days - Journey of a patient whose life is torn apart in a matter of seven days.

Last Bus to Lekhapani - A businessman’s journey to meet his ailing uncle.

Twins - How a man married to one twin saves the life of the second twin.

A Night in Ajanta - Strange things happen to a couple who spent a night in Ajanta.

Sailor’s Wife - A married woman falls in love with a bachelor and then suddenly dumps him.

The Last Love Letter - A girl’s wait for her lover ends up futility.

Zote Bakery - Love happens in strange places and between strange people.

The Blue Ink Pen - A story of a father-daughter relationship.

Novel

• Parrot Under the Pine Tree: Parrot under the Pine Tree is a novel published on 1 May 2017 by Invincible Publishers. It is the story of two lovers and how they are reunited after facing difficulties.

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