Please Let Me Pee! – Flash Fiction Story

A small wooden figurine standing in front of a flush in peeing posture

Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Please let me pee!’ My words elicited no response. My full bladder was squealing like a pig about to be slaughtered. Five minutes are a lot when you’re controlling the urge to urinate. I should’ve just emptied myself… Read More

A Die-Hard Opportunist – Flash Fiction Story

A young man wearing glasses and peeking out from between two tall piles of books

Reading Time: 2 minutes My suede pants are suffocating my buttocks. The chair’s leather padding ensures that the sweat in the seat of my trousers fuses my skin to the uncomfortable fabric. I try to wriggle my cheeks free, but squirming is… Read More

The Face On My Leg – Flash Fiction Story

A black and white image of a pair of woman's slender legs

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a man’s face on my leg. I’ve tried figuring out if it’s someone I know, but I fail to place the handsome features, or assign a name to the beautiful stranger. But he can’t be unknown to… Read More

The Vegetable Vendor – Flash Fiction Story

An old Indian man with whit hair sitting and looking tired

Reading Time: 2 minutes He stood at the street corner, the rays from the light pole bathed the vegetables on his handcart in a sickly, yellow color. But there was no other place the vegetable vendor could stand. This was his designated… Read More

Helen Of Forks – Flash Fiction Story

Four stainless steel spoons crisscrossing in a square pattern against a black background

Reading Time: 2 minutes She should have been called ‘Helen of Forks’. Why? Her name is Helen. And she is the queen of forks. It began with a curiosity for pointed objects at the naïve age of five. A girl with tight… Read More

Yellow Eyes Still Haunt Me – Flash Fiction Story

The close up of a human eye with a yellow tinted eyeball

Reading Time: 2 minutes The hands that cradle me are confident, protective. They lay me down gently. I relish the soft extravagance. My body is new, fours days old, but my soul has been around for a while. Centuries have gone by,… Read More

My Lack Of Understanding – Flash Fiction Story

A black and white close up of a woman's eye with a tear rolling out

Reading Time: 2 minutes My mother sits by the window. She’s been stationed there for almost three months now. It seems as if she’s waiting for an unknown visitor. Her eyes, glazed, crawl upon the glass, their vision limited by her sorrow…. Read More

Yogic Pursuits – Flash Fiction Story

A pair of brown feet in brown sandals

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mansukh stood at the base of the mountain. It was now or never. The brown feet in his brown sandals hesitated. His shapely toes dug into the soft leather. This was hardly recommended footwear for a self-proclaimed ascetic…. Read More

A Master Of Reverse Psychology – Flash Fiction Story

An abstract view of a woman's upper face in black and white

Reading Time: 2 minutes The tea has come to a boil. So has my temper. The air is electric, one spark and the entire kitchen – BOOM! He’s waiting for his first cup of the morning. I set it down in front… Read More

Pimped My Goddesses – Flash Fiction Story

The upper body of a woman covered in copper sparkly paint

Reading Time: 2 minutes I am the only color in a mass of black and grey. Orange shirt, green trousers, mustard shoes with purple laces. A cigarette hangs from my lips, unlit. I have no intention of lighting it. My lungs deserve… Read More

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