Short story, Workshop

The Hot Seat

Her reality was different. She knew her clients’ secrets, that parallel world never posted as “stories”. It was the world of the hot seat; one she could never speak of. Often, she found herself in cognitive dissonance between the truths entrusted to her by patients and the reality she lived alongside some of them…

Short story, Workshop

Back to the waterfall

Bianca fought these battles, though she herself barely made ends meet. She was also the mother of two sweet children — five and seven years old. Tatjana and Ivana. They lived with her in the city — the “big” city, which was so full of everything.

Short story, Workshop

A Word or Two

Do I forgive you? And what does it mean to forgive? Should I ask the little goats? They seem to know: first they clash horns, and then immediately it’s as if nothing happened.

Short story, Workshop

Ashram

Македонски As she looked at herself in the mirror, she smiled because she had just finished writing the poem for that day. In the moments of writing, she felt a surge of enthusiasm, believing that exactly this will be the poem that would touch the world, this would be the one to finally make the […]

Short story, Workshop

Tiles

As time passes, I become aware of the brevity of life, and with that my heart begins to soften and many perspectives and beliefs through which I experienced reality change.

Short story, Workshop

The Weekend

They invited her over for a coffee, presumably to talk about the weekend. The WhatsApp message doesn’t make it clear, but obviously that was their purpose.

Short story, Workshop

Le week-end

Ils l’ont invitée à prendre un café, probablement pour parler du week-end. Le message de WhatsApp ne l’indique pas clairement, mais c’était manifestement leur objectif.