January 13, 2024

Fiction

Selma Carvalho

By Selma Carvalho

The Friday they leave for a weekend in Belgium, Anju discovers Freddo is cheating on her. She doesn’t share her knowledge with him. What she should have said was, ‘Freddo, I’m tired of this shit. This time, I’m leaving.’

Her heart feels like it is going to stop breathing all on its own, distinct from the rest of her. The pain is so intense, she realises it is possible for the rest of her body to survive the carnage, while her heart, expelled from her being like a refugee, would simply die.

Cécile Rischmann

Selma Carvalho

October 13, 2020

Fiction

Wishing for the Moon

Selma Carvalho

October 13, 2020

Fiction

By Cécile Rischmann

Issue no 18

It was a beautiful warm April night, the peak of Chennai’s summer. The temperature soared to such levels that Tanya Lobo’s little two bed-room apartment felt like a furnace. There were no air conditioners to cool them off. Tanya couldn’t afford them.