Tag: microfiction

The Day I Went Missing

Photo by Unsplash+ by Jessica Klimesh There were no gifts last year (or any previous year)—no tiered cake or pink

God Jul!

Photo by Unsplash+ by Kathryn Silver-Hajo Our parents argue about everything—like mom’s a vegetarian, but dad insists on bringing home

Whales Have Funerals Too

Photo by Vinh Thang on Unsplash by Ella Hormel While Mom is in bed, I drive my little brother around the city looking

Triple-Digit Fire Weather

Photo by Lawrence Crayton on Unsplash by Dawn Tasaka Steffler When we exchanged our wedding vows, my husband said I was the only

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Diwali Fireworks

Photo by Harsh Gupta on Unsplash by Sudha Balagopal Three days after she returns from her holiday-wedding-honeymoon, Ma invites us for Diwali, like

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Housewarming

Photo by James Garcia on Unsplash by Dawn Miller We slip through wall studs, step over chalk outlines of counters, vanities, that over-sized

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Selena Apple

Photo by Amr Taha™ on Unsplash by Lynn Mundell It was Gran’s 80th birthday, but that was before Little Charles ate the Gravenstein, his

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You And Me

Photo by Albert Stoynov on Unsplash by Christine H. Chen It was this day, decades ago, Chinese New Year’s day, when you and

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Sleighed

Photo by Unsplash+ by Claudia Monpere Ten days before Christmas Eve and Santa’ s eyes look vacant too often, and

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