Flash fiction – Micro-relatos 1. Hoy iniciaré un ciclo de cuentos escritos para mi clase de escritura creativa. Cada uno tiene su fin para la clase. Primero, uno para una tarea de escribir algo absurdo que, sin embargo, tiene su lógica. La clase y el profe me...
“‘A writer is always in exile,’ she said, this is what pushes him or her to write. ‘It doesn’t have to be geographical.’” From Journalist Olivia Snaije’s interview with three Syrian and Iraqi women writers living in exile: Samar Yazbek, Inaam Kachachi, and Rosa Yassin...
Casi siempre me quedo en casa. Mi padre prefiere que esté dentro de las cuatro paredes, porque como dice, “Cuando tu estás aquí, yo sí puedo vivir.” No es que sea cruel, mi padre, solo es que me quiere proteger. Me despierto la primera pero no me muevo. Mis pasos en...
Please see the lovely photo which inspired this piece, Kyle 3099 on Genoa Hill From High Plains Hogger on Flicker The conductor, Kyle 3099 according to his embroidered nametag, slept peacefully on the cabin floor. “Sleeping peacefully,” in this context, meant...
14 February 2017. For Chuck Wendig’s weekly Flash Fiction prompt. My Random Number Generator chose 10. Long way home. April hoisted her lumpy backpack up on her bony shoulders. It should have weighed more. The dehydrated food packs she’d selected and tallied at...
How lovely to hear Chopin in the park, at the touch of a button! The benches have really good acoustics – you can click on the pic to hear a piece from a good videographer called Happy Data Scientist (I’m not kidding) on YouTube. This is the Chopin...
