short stories
“This is my class, Sir,” I told the lecturer, he was blocking the door with his body and I needed to get in. I repeated myself and he looked at me with…
He wept like a fool at her grave. Love had done him dirty again, as always. As always, he had loved and he had lost. “I guess love really isn’t for some…
The moon danced along with our sweaty bodies as we shouted the words “swala la la”. Four different bodies, different shades of black appearing as one, swaying side to side over steaming…
The waking was not abrupt. It took me days to know that I could stand and after I realized my ability, it took me weeks to be able to perfect it. You…
“Mother, how could you have done this to us? You just upped and left us as though we were sacks of potatoes you couldn’t afford to carry on your trip. You left…
I saw her that day before she did me. She was dressed in rags, hair the color of dirt. I could smell the ooze from her pits even though we weren’t in…
Bantu hurried down the night path. The sky was dark and the storm was threatening to hit earth at any moment. He silently urged his feet to move faster than ever before.…
‘You have to smile oh! It’s supposed to be your wedding.’ ‘But I’m smiling…’ ‘That is not a smile. It’s a big day, darling. Don’t ruin it.’ My mother said, wearing a…
There is an overwhelming feeling that comes with just wanting to be part of something. Sometimes, you cannot explain it. Not even to the person closest to you, who is supposed to…
You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ~ Buddha. I was my father’s favorite child growing up. I don’t know why he enjoyed…