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Proof of Absence, Part One, by Raktim Ranjit: a man and a woman's reflection beside a rain-covered window

Part One · A psychological thriller

Proof of Absence

Memory lies best when it feels true.

Elias studies reconstructed memories for a living. When he revisits the night his sister Mara disappeared, the reconstruction contradicts the words he has trusted for fifteen years. A psychological thriller about grief, evidence and the stories memory tells us.

Author
Raktim Ranjit
Language
English
Year
2026
PDF length
351 pages
Formats
PDF

Chapter One: The Kitchen

Mara held the cup with both hands, the way she always did when something had frightened her badly enough that she did not want anyone to notice.

Elias sat across from his sister and, for several seconds, felt nineteen again. That should have comforted him. Instead, it made him uneasy.

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About the author

Raktim Ranjit writes fiction and builds software. His engineering articles are on the Blog.

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