I belong nowhere in this world because of who I am, what I am, and what I identify as. I am ‘unremarkable’ and a ‘problem’ to society. I am not my sex and I am not my gender, I am I, without and with influence from the world. I have taken what was forced on…
Tag: short stories\
Announcement: What to expect this month and next…
Here’s what I’ve been thinking about doing during September, One to three short stories (expect Horror and Mystery, Halloween is upon us!). Short reviews/reflections of a handful of newly released movies (right now I am thinking, Ingrid Goes West) A compilation list of my favorite Halloween movies! A review/reflection of a select Musician. Basically through…
Cowboy in the Desert: Flash Fiction Series #8
Cowboy in the Desert by Alina Happy Hansen He looks to the sky, the sun burns. The blue lake glitters in the distance. The sound of coyotes somewhere nearby. The gun is heavy on his hip, and his boots are full of sand. He takes a step then another. His chapped lips, cracked and…
Hospital Stay: Flash Fiction Series #7
Hospital Stay by Alina Happy Hansen He sits propped up on some pillows. The sick smell of bleach and antiseptic is inescapable. His neighbor groans in pain behind the curtain partition. The TV flickers every other minute, the signal weak. A voice calls to him from outside the opened window. His heart beats furiously. The…
Isolation: Flash Fiction Series #6
Isolation by Alina Happy Hansen Alone and unloved, she sits in a room that is pale and plain just like her. The window lets the sun in, trickling across the floor, across the wall until it vanishes each night from sight. There are movements and sounds coming from the rest of the house, voices…