Hareendran Kallinkeel lives in Kerala, India, after voluntarily retiring from an elite commando outfit. Waking from a hiatus of over a decade, he has recently returned to fiction writing. Prior to the hiatus, he has been widely published in online as well as print media. The title story of his short fiction collection, “A Few Ugly Humans,” has earned a nomination for the Pushcart Prize in 2005. Recent publications include a flash fiction in Aphelion E-zine.