The Bangalore Review

As Didi walks away, you look around and notice the acadia tree by the neighbour’s yard. Two boys are gathered around it, struggling to reach the top branch which holds a prized mango.

Mansi looks at them. They seem terrified. A sense of guilt starts seeping into her heart.

There was no brain death. Even the night of the full moon came and went, but his brain had other plans.

I had my first seizure age 14. This created another original fear.

Only the car door and that chain-link fence separate me from the most glorious

She was determined to get the shop closed. It was destroying too many families.

The next day I wrote myself a check for $400, detasseling money from the summer,

He had the same easy smile as Patrick, but his eyes were more calculating. They roved over her red flared pants, her pale blue shirt, her hair done up in ringlets.