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25 May 2021

Unmoulded

“How many children are born but never been loved?” The voice vibrated in the room like an echo, the woman’s gaze was lost in the emptiness, her face e…

Blog

21 Nov 2020

The editing process

What is editing? As I slowly approached the end of my book, I faced the editing dilemma. What is it? Is working on a draft considered editing? Or is i…

Micro story

13 Oct 2020

The stage

Five thirty pm. Time for the make-up session. Time to leave her identity behind and become another person. The shy, plump middle-aged woman would dis…

Micro story

29 May 2020

The cashier

Another full day at the check-out counter, bip, bip, bip…I did not mind working in shift, or the repetitive movements to arrange the goods in the shel…