Short stories from around the world
She opened her eyes, seeing her nose directly opposing his – almost, but not quite touching. Her breaths were shallow, as if even in sleep she had been aware of his proximity. She breathed through […]
This lazy Sunday afternoon made for the right time to come together again, for making the time to touch and to be; to lay unwashed with the smell of each other. They embraced with the […]
Lola didn’t feel like celebrating her birthday. “23 is such a boring age” would be what she would have said. Wanting to move to Peru to work in a primary school, she felt useless in […]
He had been driving steadily for four hours but the journey hadn’t been exhausting. In fact, he felt it was cathartic. He’d needed to drive aimlessly, without stopping, with only the sound of the […]