Lavender
I step out onto the patio and watch the sun slide behind the barn across the road. The bronze highlights the unshaved gray-rooted hairs on my arms. I sit on… Read more »
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Honors
-Honorable Mention for my story “The Rotting” in Flash Fiction Magazine Editor Choice 2020 Awards -Highly Commended for my story “Adverb” in National Flash Fiction Day Micro Competition 2021 -Shortlisted… Read more »
Rolling Sweat
This story was published by Fictive Dream on 11/08/2019. Click here to read the full story.
At a Wholsale Retail Store
This piece was published on 09/25/2019 in Collective Unrest. Click here to read the full piece.
Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul:Mom Knows Best
I am delighted to have a non-fiction piece of mine published in Chicken Soup for the Soul:Mom Knows Best. The book is available for sale at Walmart, Target, Barnes and… Read more »
The First Wait
I put my Samsonite bag down and knock. I’ve never waited outside before. Baba always paced the verandah, waiting for me, and then hugged me tight. Amma opens the door… Read more »
The Winnowing
The sibyl chants as she winnows paddy in my courtyard. She tosses the grain in the bamboo tray repeatedly into the air until all the chaff blows away. “Here, I’ve… Read more »
To the sweater knit by my mother
Smelling of the cinnamon on her fingers Knit with soft yarn and verses of her prayers A cushion against the world and its weathers My cozy armor Note: I only… Read more »
Someone Heard
It was a dark and stormy night; amid thunderclaps, I heard his elephantine footsteps approaching my room. I shrank into the carapace of my blanket, like a terrapin, and beseeched… Read more »