Days after author Salman Rushdie took to Twitter, he was accosted by users of the micro-blogging website in Pakistan keen on finding out whether he was the real deal or just someone operating a spoof account.  Using the handle "@SalmanRushdie1", the controversial novelist put out his first tweet on Thursday but was unable to get his account verified by administrators of the website. 

But more importantly, Rushdie had a gift for his growing tribe of followers on Twitter - a new short story called "A Globe Of Heaven" - written in just 140 characters. 

Rushdie tweeted that new parts of the story would be posted every day. 

The author also took time to vent his ire at the person who had appropriated the handle "@salmanrushdie". He tweeted: "@salmanrushdie" who are you? why are you pretending to be me? Release this username.  you are a phoney. all followers please note."