On September 1 MasticadoresIndia Begins Publishing!
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s my pleasure to share Mr. Juan Re Crivello’s official announcement regarding MasticadoresIndia. We begin publishing on September 1, 2021. So far, we have received over 70 pieces of writing from nearly 35 writers. A BIG THANK YOU… Read More
Oooooh Writer – You Think You’re So Cool!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oooooh writer, you think you’re so cool. Oooooh writer, the ever-suffering fool. I see that page, that pen, that look in your eye. It’s not cannabis that gives you that overwhelming high. Your mind is a wonderland, though… Read More
A Failed Fairy Tale Princess – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes Snow had been fed a liberal amount of fairy tales from a rather young age. Open wide. Chew them well. Now swallow. She had been only two when her mother had first introduced her to Snow White, the… Read More
Dad Came Back as Pancho – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pancho wasn’t the smartest dog, but he was adorable. He was a Pomeranian. Not too big, not too small. Just the right size. Cute enough to make you smile and cuddle him real tight. The only annoying thing… Read More
Raama Naidu’s Wise Mother – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Raama Naidu loved his mother more than any person in the world. She was his star in a moonless sky, always shining and sparkling, his guide, friend, and personal philosopher. Her views and theories on life, the result… Read More
Elvis Presley Always Makes Me Cry – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you lose what you never had? I tell myself when I’m feeling sad… Elvis Presley was a legend. But this song makes me wonder whether legends are just extraordinary people with ordinary problems. Heartache, loneliness, regrets,… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Too Much Beauty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Too much beauty is a painful thing. I grew up in a small village. It was beautiful. Clean air, fragrant lands, a never-ending sky that bled beautiful colors with every rising and setting sun. But it wasn’t just… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Forsaken By God
Reading Time: 2 minutes What do you call a man who has seen the turn of two centuries? Old? I’d say CURSED! Forsaken by God. Left behind to confront boredom, encounter misery, suffer the pathetic complexities of a stagnant life. My name… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – I Want Ketchup
Reading Time: 2 minutes All I want is some ketchup. Nothing fancy. Just ketchup. You can’t eat fries without ketchup. It’s just not done. I ask the waitress one more time but rearrange my words for greater effect. ‘These fries look mighty… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – An Anniversary Gift
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s hard to have happy thoughts when you know that you’re dying. Also, I still haven’t gotten over my wife’s death. She fell off a cliff four days ago, plunging to her death. She couldn’t have survived. I… Read More
