"The lights dimmed as the host stepped to the mic. Except for one obliviously-loud man, the crowd went silent.."

We gather at dusk, all twenty-six of us. There’s a buzz of excitement and anticipation in the air for the elaborate event...

Judit Goodwin awoke to the annoying cry of her motel alarm screaming in her ear. She opened her eyes, and the room looked as if...

"Lights up on a dark room. There is one table USC, and two chairs on opposing sides. MARIA, 27, is sitting on one..."

Everything around me made me feel unsafe. All at once, I felt a trench, a hole in the middle of my chest. Deep, waiting to be filled...

"Jansi knew it was time. This time the pain was unbearable, like never before. She had waited six years for this."

July evenings always have tricks under their sleeves. A little ray of the sun tore down through the cloud clusters...

Clara woke up at 2am. The air was quiet except for the crickets chirping. As she lay awake looking into the darkness, her eyes, tired...

The koels are lining up on the boundary wall, inhaling and exhaling dusty song in unison as the late morning and early afternoon risers...

The sound of the chaiwalla’s cycle bell on the street prompted everyone to get up from their desks and leave the building...

Amina could never see her mother ever again. The day she got accepted to Princeton, she had hugged her mother tight, the huge envelope in...

The sky is overcast. It has been this way since I woke up, which was earlier than usual because the tightness in my chest would not allow...

When Tara first told me about her affair, I was washing rice in a colander. She was perched on the kitchen counter...

In 1427, Emperor Lê Lợi wavered on the surface of the lake. Dark clouds rolled overhead. He wished that he could make the moment last...