There is a girl this morning who will wake up before anyone else in her family. She will start the fire and begin to make the matoke and beans that will be their breakfast. She has four brothers and a Mother to cook for, her Father is in the woods making what living he can [...]
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There Is A Girl This Morning
Posted in Short Stories, tagged beauty, brothers, child, chores, girl, impoverished life, play, poverty, power, strength, villiage, warmth, water well, work on June 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Boy I Knew
Posted in Short Stories, tagged boy, disillusioned, emptiness, hate, hurt, kiss, oppression, pain, pleasure on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I knew a boy once who had the unique gift of being born disillusioned. He could never be hurt and could not understand oppression except as that vague sort of thing he imposed on others, but it could never touch him. He had the most beautiful lips. Full and always moist without being wet. Lovely [...]
Feminae (Part 1)
Posted in Short Stories, tagged female domination, gender coup, men, role reversal, short story, women on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s been twenty years since the coup. The bloodless, victimless, almost pleasant coup. The women’s coup. The coup that made me, a man, a completely powerless citizen of the world. As it turns out, that was for the best. I don’t know how they did it. All I know is that somehow all of the [...]
Save Him
Posted in Short Stories, tagged abuse, heartbreak, loss, Love, pain, save him, short story, unconditional love on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Zoe had been in love with Frank her entire life. They met in elementary school when he tripped her on the playground- she broke her arm and lost her heart all in the same day. From that day on Zoe had only one mission: marry Frank and spend the rest of her life making him [...]
The Girl Who Cried
Posted in Short Stories, tagged cry, girl, heartbreak, loss, Love, short story on January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There once was a girl who cried at just about everything. Movies, books, weddings, people yelling at each other on the street, old people eating alone, getting valentines from boys she liked, getting valentines from boys she didn’t like. She would bite her bottom lip and a few tears would escape from her eyes. She [...]
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