The Night Knows
“…and I know your dreams, the ones that keep you up all night. All night, yeah, all night…” The upbeat lines of my chartbuster reached every undulating body inevery corner…
MAW!
Prologue BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOOOM!!! The northern coast of Ramree Island was peppered by the heavy artillery shells launched from the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Phoebe. The night sky was…
Atlas of Lost Hearts
That night Anjea dreamt of a man. He emerged from the depth of her heart. A heart filled with tears, a tearful of pond, just like a billabong. Because it…
ROUTE NO. 13
Earth: heaven for those with vision, hell for those with reason. Joey’s house was the last one on Riverdale Road before the bend. Tzhere were no other houses for a…
Mothers Are Always Right
Maria plucked at her heels, six sharp inches of shiny red leather, then cursed her choice. These shoes were not for walking. Whereas it was increasingly getting clear they had…
The Guardian of Dolls
Pacheco “The waters of these canals used to be so clear, Senor, you could see the pebbles at the bottom,” Miguel says, rowing his trajinera. I watch the tourist he…
The Grieving Call of the Fury
A large eye rotated around a headless rider on a dark horse, called out, “Leanaaaa”. Her strangled throat gasped for breath. She tumbled from the bed, and her blood-stained steps…
Blame it on Tokoloshe
Close your eyes and cover your toes, Sleep my child, else comes the Tokoloshe… Lerato gazed at her pale blue eyes. They were the color of the ocean, just like…
Curse of the Samurai
A vagrant settled outside an antique shop in Japantown after sunset. In the wee hours of the morning there was dead silence until he heard muffled sounds of someone– as…
Irina’s Dilemma
“Papa!” Later, Mama would tell me that my screaming this word repeatedly like an intonation woke up half the village, who then woke up the other half. I had no…