The Cremation
I couldn’t bear to see her confined in a casket, surrounded by flowers she called vain. I watched from my car and smiled when smoke rose to the skies from… Read more »
Category: #Microfiction
Wrong Gift
The attached card says “Bobcat for my girl”. The fur, inside, makes me shiver. I sit, surrounded by my cats, and sip almond milk. How could he? Bobcats were strangulated… 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 »
After seven labors
“Seven daughters, Ma. Why do you worry?” “Your father should never know.” “What does he want an heir for? He has nothing.” Our bus trudges to our village from the… Read more »
Learn to share
“What can I do for you, Master?” Genie asked. “Make me another Genie,” Aladdin said, “for my wife.” Genie shut his eyes tight in concentration. “Ah, I see it. Cloning…. Read more »
No Tattoos
“Your turn,ready?” I display his name on my collarbone. “No. Because this is all so stupid. Ink shouldn’t hold us.” a 21-word story for #MicroMondays-6
Take Notes
“This is urgent. Take notes.” He said.“Your fragrant breath…” She bent deeper into her steno pad. “ Your milky skin and sugary lips could melt under…” “I got it… Read more »
The Red
She bleated at my rhymes. I picked her droppings. She was nowhere, the morning of Eid-al-adha. Father returned, hauling the bulk in his arms. A stray dog followed, sniffing. Her… Read more »