After many years, Ira has returned to my town. She hops four towns to get here. We are supposed to meet today. I’ve been ready since morning. We will meet by the lakeside.
JHALMURI (Puffed rice chaat) Preparation time: 2 minutes
My plane landed in Dhaka at 2:30. By the time, I went through customs, it was 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I became restless. How long would it take to go home? No one lived there now. My house stood alone, empty. I left it one month and thirty days ago. I locked the door before I left.
After many years, Ira has returned to my town. She hops four towns to get here. We are supposed to meet today. I’ve been ready since morning. We will meet by the lakeside.
the bullet hole/ in my brother's chest/ unfolds like a pandora's box
Three-year-old Maria asks her nine-year-old brother, Ibrahim.
justice—where is justice?
If you travel on a bus, always take the window seat.
Is it true that when we migrate, we lose a few people from our past?
JHALMURI (Puffed rice chaat) Preparation time: 2 minutes
My plane landed in Dhaka at 2:30. By the time, I went through customs, it was 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I became restless. How long would it take to go home? No one lived there now. My house stood alone, empty. I left it one month and thirty days ago. I locked the door before I left.
Hermit-crab fiction use ready-made templates such as recipes, shopping lists, meeting minutes and other forms and is a great way for experimenting with form in short fiction.
Keep relatives at a distance, they will never visit but will always give untimely advice or spill half-true family secrets.
