relationship Archives

9 Jul 2023

An unexpected present

Come, let me open it for you. A present, with a nice ribbon and a festive wrapping paper, lies on your lap. But it is not your birthday. You feel happ…

Micro story

19 Oct 2021

The split of a second

She was silent. She was looking at this stranger next to her with a questioning look. She did not really care about what he had to say. She wanted him…

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2 Aug 2021

No more side by side

As I take a sip of water, the liquid goes in the wrong pipe and split it all over trying to free my airways. My hands are shaking, my heart is racing.…

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8 Jul 2021

Summer love turns to autumn

“Stephane, wait…your umbrella,” I heard my mother shouting. As the sweet rain was caressing my face, I surprised myself as I became aware of a whisper…

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29 Jun 2021

A fishy marriage

He heard her clapping the computer and guessed she would come fuming to the kitchen. A split of a second later, there she was, opening the fridge and …

Short story

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…

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16 May 2021

A letter from my father

Which way would you have preferred? Would it have been better in a month, in a year? Five years? Would you have felt the loss less, would you be then …

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4 Apr 2021

Before the breakup

They were looking out of the window without talking, leaning on one of the poles of the bus. Their bodies were close and almost touching each other, b…

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17 Feb 2021

Apart

What can you do? It was 2020, there was a pandemic. It is true, you can check Wikipedia, it will tell you everything. How people lived for weeks at ho…

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26 Jan 2021

Meditation III

“Ah, so you meditate as well, that’s awesome,” said her date, “me too.” She flashed a smile, nodding. Of course, she knew it. She chose his profile ac…