Emily has a cat resembling a Bengal tiger, named Tigger. Henderson has a poodle named Maggi. The sisters, Neha and Lakhi kept a bunny and constantly fought over who was being loved most by Broccoli. Nihaal was as certain as dawn not to have any pets for love or money. Daniel couldn’t make up his mind what it is he wanted, but not for long. On his visit to his Ajji in India, Daniel found a playmate in Haseeb. Before leaving for America, he gifted him a self-made card with eight lines by Shel Silverstein scribbled on it. Daniel wrote in the proverbial doctor’s hand. Haseeb had to turn the card upside down and sometimes tilt it left to right to figure out what he had written. When the lines played themselves out Haseeb read, I made myself a snowball As perfect as can be. I thought I’d keep it…
I still don’t know many things, but what I know is what I want and I know what I need, so I can recognize…
The jeweler was in her late forties, with hair that had been dyed blonde and was shortened in a cropped, modern hairstyle that looked…
They were eighteen, dark and green. Yet, they seemed as untold legends for me. Eighteen in all, gracefully they stood, erect and tall, in…
Prize winning story by the Caribbean Regional Winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize My mother voice growing old over the telephone. First…
A silent house sat there, full of people who did not hear each other, so the house was silent It also felt empty, as…
I was given a five-minute slot for my interview with God. St. Luke ushered me into the Artists Waiting Area and briefed me. “When…
Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No, you couldn’t have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well, if you took her to pieces… But why be…
He used to tip the scales at a hefty seven pounds. These days, he weighs less than five. His hearing deserted him first, his…
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time…