It was an ordinary boring Friday, and I was stuck at home finishing my thesis. No matter how hard I tried to focus on it, my mind has always wandered to him. Mr. S. Suddenly, as if we shared some form of telepathic communication, an email from him popped...
“Fuck!” I shouted. It was quarter past three in the morning. Sarika and I were standing at the passenger pick-up area of the Mumbai airport. We were utterly exhausted from the eighteen-hour journey from Clinton State University in the US, but still had at...
"I had a meeting with the dean today. Did you know there's a rumor going around that I moonlight as a dominatrix? From what he could gather, I'm just finishing up the juniors and will be starting on the sophomores next week." With interest, I noticed the...
Leo hunched forward and hung his head as Ms. Amandine’s voice droned on, his hands clasped together between his knees as he waited for her lecture to end. Endless words tumbled through his head as they passed from one ear to the other like cars going thro...
It’s not even true winter yet, and my studio apartment is hopelessly chilly as if the street lamp outside the paper-thin window is the source of all the world’s cold. Researching my graduate thesis in Magical Realism, reading the lush descriptions of my C...
Proffessor Tomlin and Amy were crawling slowly through the field of poppies. They were looking for saganthum ardiolaus which only frequented this type of poppies. As he lie on his back to inspect a particularly interesting specimen the good professor su...
“But Professor Jones, there has to be another way! I’ll do anything else to make up my grade, anything!” He shook his head, patting his lap once again. “Be a good girl and take the punishment you deserve, Maggie. If I have to tell you again, I’m afraid I’...
The clock read 6:15. I stand in front of the mirror to freshen up because Sir always likes me to look my best for him when he comes home. I apply a coat of mascara, swipe a gloss over my lips and give my brunette curls one last shake, before spritzing a l...
Carolyn paced up and down as she lectured. She could never keep still, and had a pretty lively and vivacious personality. Generally speaking, it kept her audience in rapt attention for most of the time, which is more than she could say about other profess...
