Too busy to read short stories? Here
are five micro-fictions you could
read in less than two minutes. And hopefully, the images would linger
longer in the shower. (Why the shower?
Because it sort of rhymes with linger and longer.)
* * *
His Facebook wall was filled with birthday wishes since midnight. But
none of the friends noticed his status on his mother’s passing away, a day
earlier.
* * *
Many handsome men were asking for
her hand in marriage, but she has been saying ‘No’ to all the proposals.
Business was booming, and even politicians were beginning to
patronise. Thus, she has determined to stay a virgin and take care of the Nasi Kukus Anak Dara stall.
* * *
He didn’t like being pushed
around by his wife. She was fully aware of the gaze from the public. But they
had no better option since he lost both legs, and she an arm, in the freak
accident.
* * *
“Could I just be your best friend
instead?”
“But, why?” She asked, obviously shocked.
“I couldn’t take all the public
display of affection anymore. I don’t want to be your lapdog. It’s about time
you let me off the leash,” he picked his courage to speak his mind.
She obliged tearfully. The dog ran off happily to pee by the
fire hydrant.
* * *
They danced all night. He hugged
her real close, not wanting to let her go.
She finally moved her hands from around his neck. “We should
stop now,” she whispered in the crowd.
He obeyed unwillingly, and seated her back in the wheelchair.
* * *
Micro-fictions (flash fictions) are very
short stories which possess the literary quality and ability to unfold larger untold stories in the reader’s imagination. Uthaya Sankar SB has been writing and publishing short stories, novels, poems, and
essays in Bahasa Malaysia since 1992. Little known fact is that he thinks — and his creative process happens — naturally in English. These micro-fictions were first
published in Eksentrika on 11 December 2016. You totally missed it, didn’t
you?
And now are you ready for longer fictions in
Bahasa Malaysia? Uthaya’s collection of short stories — and half a pulp fiction — is also available. For adults only! [details here]