BoricheSensible, sensible MarthaMartha stumbled into the office and resisted the urge to check the little mirror in her bag. It had been a morning of horrors. It was just…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
BoricheMaybe when I’m olderSometimes, when my father talks, I pretend to understand what he is saying. I look down and nod and try to seem contemplative. In those…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
BoricheMy motheI always knew I was different. It wasn’t hard to figure out. I could make light from my hands. Little streaks of light that I could…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
BoricheA culinary masterpieceThe people had travelled far and long, you see? Don’t ask from where. I don’t know or care. The point is by the time they got to where they…Aug 18, 2018Aug 18, 2018
BoricheExciting thingsDaisy sipped her cocktail and winced as the drink touched her tongue. She didn’t particularly care for the taste of alcohol, but she had…Jul 3, 2018Jul 3, 2018
BoricheMusa“Massa, I said I’m tired. Is there water in my mouth? Don’t you understand English?”, Musa asked sharply, his face contorting in anger.Jun 3, 2018Jun 3, 2018
BoricheUnhealed woundsNazia shifted uncomfortably on the hospital cot. Partly from the pain shooting up her leg but also because the elderly nurse that was…Mar 18, 2018Mar 18, 2018
BoricheThe strange womanShe sat quietly on the slab of cement by the borehole. Her legs crossed, her hands folded, staring at nothing. She had been there since…Mar 18, 20181Mar 18, 20181
