Category: Short Prose

  • Fibbing Friday, 17th March

    Fibbing Friday, hosted by Pensitivity 101, a fun challenge where truth is not an option. Who could have recorded the following (your nominations do not have to be singers) or had it for their signature tune? 1.   Cinderella Rockefella: Princesses with Big Pockets   2.   I want it all: The AntiChrist  3.   I’m just…

  • Carrying on

    She sits on a bench, thinking of him. She suppresses her grief as a mild breeze traces the contours of her face, reminding her of his touch. “I’m not giving in. I’m stronger than this,” she whispers, while the traffic moves on the bridge overhead, the cacophonous roar of engines and horns evoking some memory…

  • Indian barber’s massage

    I’ve watched chiropractor videos on YouTube, where the practitioner yanks the neck of the patient using a Y-strap and calls it spinal decompression or something else. Did you feel it all the way down? He asks, and the patient responds with a euphoric grunt, a throaty hallelujah symbolising release from years of pain. He groans…