Etiqueta: a short stories
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Julius Caesar and the Caesarean section by Luisa Zambrotta
Julius Caesar was born on 13 July 100 BC and died on the Ides of March (15 March) of 44 BC.He was a Roman general and statesman who played a critical role in the events that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman…
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Last Week Thursday by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
“Our scars make us know that our past was real.” — Jane Austen “Your POS… Your POS here!” A teenage girl hawks well garnished fried Ponmo from a mini-bucket strapped to her left side; waving a machine, commonly used at point of sale, for payment. At 08:00pm sharp, Friday night,…
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The systhem… by Suzanne S. Austin Hill
Wants minorities, soon the majority, to exist on the fringe of society as the most tenuous of threads. From this, the outliers will be cut and the information highway gridlocked. They seek to blackout our pages of history. My mother a child of the dimly lit, segregated South sat at…
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Where the Mole Went by Gerard Yelle
It went down the back of my throat. I thought I was going to choke but somehow I managed to swallow. I told Sheila and she said it happened to her. It used to be on her cheek but it found out she wanted to get it removed and now…
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the heart once broken by Bogdan Dragos
he was always the first on the job and the last to leave silent guy that’s why I liked him There were nine of us and we had to move furniture and garden decorations and other stuff for people who changed their address it was heavy physical labor alright so…
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Eleanor Rigby by Luisa Zambrotta
“Eleanor Rigby” (released in 1966) was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon / McCartney The song continued the Beatles’ evolution from a pop, live-performance band to a more experimental, studio-orientated band It was a very important move forward. both musically and lyrically, marking a break with the optimism…
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Mobs by Paul Tristram
The end of Eve’s Tyrannical Reign over the village… was as simple as it was shocking. They found her at the bottom of a well… broken arms and neck. No witnesses, no nothing… it must have happened between first light (for that’s when her husband Fred left for work) and…
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Okay, one hand only | Mai Thảo
Mai Thảo by Đinh Trường Chinh (image) A short story in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm At the time I was still at Đường Ký Con near Cầu Ông Lãnh. The place I stayed at was right by an alley. At the bottom of that pit of…
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I pass by him and observe by Bogdan Dragos
yeah, he’s past that age where men put up fake smiles to be liked and to fit in circles I think he’s in his early forties Good man works all day and keeps his mouth shut even if he’s asked something Great man At 6 PM the work day ends…
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The sunset hue on your cheeks by María José Luque Fernández
And my pupils catch fire from the blush of your ribs and the caresses of your shadows emerge as I climb barefoot upon your greys dancing melodies on the moon’s hidden face. Beyond the clouds the blues entwine from my breasts laundresses And blue tits unfurl their trill swaying from…
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9 Dec 1979: Eradication of the Smallpox Virus by Luisa Zambrotta
9 Dec, 1979– The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, transmitted from person to person through tiny drops of an infected person’s saliva when the…
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insanity can be toyed with by Bogdan Dragos
it’s weird that you can grab these tools in any hardware store whenever you want hose and a duct tape and sleeping pills from the drug store It’s all available these days and so it should be Society shouldn’t try so hard to keep all of its members alive she…
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18 Nov. 1907: COMPAY SEGUNDO ‘s Birth by Luisa Zambrotta
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as “Compay Segundo“, was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist He achieved great international fame in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, and the film of the same title, made by Wim Wenders…
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THE PORCH by Eileen Patterson
I stand on the steps looking up at him with pride. I push my back against the siding, my thighs tighten remembering his hands around me the night before. There is no denying the appetite I have for him. I am like a priest on the steps of the house…
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Love on the rocks. by John Coyote
Loves on the rocks.. Tonight me and Neil Diamond are hanging out together. I am writing my whiskey poetry tonight. Lately I needed the whiskey. Old wars, 500 Army shots and my sleeping mind need a wake-up call. I am retired now and I need to concentrate on my writing.…
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