Fiction

Fiction

Fiction / When they look away

“Do you think they think about us?” Asgar muttered.

1w ago

Hair

I love the texture of your hair and I wanted to tell you about it in far too many words than either you or I are comfortable with.

3w ago

Tangerines and marmalades

I stared at the row of pre-peeled and packaged tangerines sealed tightly under plastic wrap.

2m ago

Let me cut out your mother’s tongue

Let me cut out your mother’s tongue and lay it down beside you like my mother did with mine.

2m ago

12A

Rank badges, small bags, books, diaries, notebooks, files… That’s when it caught Razeen’s eye: a weathered, dusty old envelope bearing a faint, unrecognisable logo.

3m ago

Bulb of a Wonton Shop

It is enough— Enough to be here, Beneath the bulb of a wonton shop.

4m ago

Out of Body

I know of my feeble frame of its graying at the edges.

4m ago

Migratory Animals

migratory animal Are you looking for a home?

4m ago

Delirium

The wish itself was pretty mediocre and commonplace, a mundane fantasy to escape the mundane.

1y ago

Keep you company, keeping myself company

We imagine ourselves.

2y ago

Jhalmuri for the hollowed in-between

“Extra ghugni, no chilis,” he confirmed, his cyber-enhanced eyes ever judging.

2y ago

Fish Tank

This is just another fish tank.

2y ago

My first encounter with the unknown

“Excellent! Come downstairs, we’re waiting for you.”

2y ago

Lady from Leo’s Dream

Leo had just finished his painting. He took a few steps away from the canvas to have a better look – a lady standing on a landscape with a pale smile.

2y ago
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