On September 1 MasticadoresIndia Begins Publishing!

Fireworks display in the black night sky

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!

Wall art depicting an annoyed man with one eye holding an ice cream with his eyeball on top as a garnish

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

A toddler dressed in a Snow White costume holding her mother's hand and walking

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

A close up of a cute Pomeranian tilting his head and looking upwards

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

A brass urn lying on the ground with a blue painted wall behind it

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

Black and white image of Elvis Presley singing and dancing

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

Strands of orange saffron against a purple background

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

A close up of an old man's milky, almost blind eyes

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

fries and a bottle of 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

Two hikers standing on a mountain cliff

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

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