Tag: coming of age
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“manmzèl” — a short fiction
(Creative Writing Assignment) — Exploring Adultification & Pedophilia in a Patriarchal Caribbean Society SUNDAY MORNING, the scent of cocoa tea wafted throughout our family house. A three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow. The house that my siblings and I, and our mother and hers came of age in. The same house that my grandfather was more than man enough to put…
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“wòz kayèn/cayena” — a flash fiction
An Aladyann/Arrayano Valentines Day Short 😘 “¿PUEDO BAILAR CON—” “WI.”
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“fwi” — a micro fiction
(Creative Writing Assignment) — Guess the FRUIT! It made no sound. That was, unless it reached, or was almost to maturity. And as a child, spending summers on this very island, my motherland, I wondered how something so small could be so loud. So mighty… Young adult me is amused by the irony. They usually vary in appearance. However this one, in particular,…