During the rainy days, my brother could sleep at home; he needn’t go to school, he needn’t go to the cornfields to watch out the parrots. He needn’t even go to the vacant fields to play football. He never…
‘A Song of Melancholy’ by Civa Bhusal
Tag: Nepal
‘I Did Not Mean to Sell You’ by Sushma Joshi (Nepal)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I did not mean to sell you. How could I? I had been so happy when I heard it was going to be a baby girl. I’d already…
‘I Woke Up Last Night and I Cried’ by Sushma Joshi (Nepal)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I woke up last night and I cried. This is all too much, I thought. I can’t handle it. My husband’s been gone for six years and he…