Some girls wearing school uniform (lucky girls) helped me fold up the frills at the bottom of the skirt so that it didn’t scrape the floor. It…… Read more “Short Story Review: “I live with him, i see his face, i go no more away” by Helen Oyeyemi”
Category: Short Story Review
Short Story Review: Of Warps and Wefts by Innocent Chizaram Ilo
In his other life, my husband is another woman’s wife. This does not perturb me. What sprinkles fear-flakes on my bones is the dark splotches my husband’s…… Read more “Short Story Review: Of Warps and Wefts by Innocent Chizaram Ilo”
Short Story Review: Lost Girl by Catherine Lundoff
Now I am just here… waiting. Watching you steam off the dreadful living room wallpaper through my transparent body. Feeling you shiver when I run my fingers…… Read more “Short Story Review: Lost Girl by Catherine Lundoff”
The Gremlin’s Library: “Report on the Wren Queen’s Dementia” by Rhonda Eikamp
“There were dispensations, of course, if the dream seemed impossible. The body might rebel, or the mind. A dream might be unimaginable. The only time I sought…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: “Report on the Wren Queen’s Dementia” by Rhonda Eikamp”
The Gremlin’s Library: “House of the Camphor” by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
“Madam Setsuko had been alone before she took in the children, alone except for the camphor tree at the heart of the house and the mynah bird…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: “House of the Camphor” by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh”
The Gremlin’s Library: “Eternity Ltd.” by Carole de Monclin
“He was about to contact user support when the trees that had been swaying slowly in the breeze froze, the cicadas stopped singing, and the sun became…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: “Eternity Ltd.” by Carole de Monclin”
The Gremlin’s Library: “A Map to a Future Unlike Any Past” by Karolina Fedyk
“They comb their hair back with their only hand. One sleeve of their overcoat is pinned at their chest. When they stand up to shake the sleep…… Read more “The Gremlin’s Library: “A Map to a Future Unlike Any Past” by Karolina Fedyk”
