Honors and Awards 2020
Strands International Flash Fiction Contest 9: Third Prize for my story “I Smelled the Mangoes.” Best of Net Nomination 2020 and Best Microfiction 2021: Moon Park Review for my prose… Read more »
I Smelled the Mangoes
After my marriage, every summer, my father plucked near-ripe fruits from the mango tree in his courtyard, washed them, packed them in a wooden box layered with straw, and parceled… Read more »
That Was Then
The moon hides behind a cloud, creating a cloak of darkness. Her heart galloping inside her chest, the princess tiptoes past the mustached guards who are snoring away with hats… Read more »
Bad Fish, Black Sheep
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, sings Suzie, the lead choir singer and my friend. She stands two steps ahead of me and other chorus girls on… Read more »
Odom, the Teddy Bear
At age nine, I am on a hospital bed, clinging to Mommy who is lying beside me, her arms intertwined with mine. The skinny nurse asks her to sleep on… Read more »
No Goodbyes
I jump from bed at the sound of the garage door rolling up. It’s early morning, a little before sunrise. Somebody’s breaking in; I’ve been hearing about burglaries around the… Read more »
Spirits in Lockdown
This 100-word micro was part of the Micro Madness hosted by National Flash Fiction Day, New Zealand, on 11th June, 2020. My daughter, Lily, talks me into playing a game… Read more »
Along The Way
“Outside, the sky is pink. Milkmen, with metal milk cans tied to their motorcycles with rubber tubes, snake between cars and buses. Tractors with sugarcanes poking out of their trailers… Read more »
A Superior Education
“I stare at the mark against my name, red as the vermilion Mumma wears in the parting of her hair.” This story loosely inspired by school days, written in collaboration… Read more »
What If?
“What if you never popped the question in the last semester? What if I never walked down the aisle with the lacy veil covering my shoulders?” A “What If?” microfiction… Read more »