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Läilä Örken

THE SECRET HEARTACHE OF A PRAYING MANTIS • by Läilä Örken

January 29, 2026Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Grey clumps of mould, slowly dissolving into squelchy porridge under the wheels of the tram, are all that’s left to us from the crystalline decadence of the recent snowstorm, the glittering silence of the fields when all sounds were muffled,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories January, Läilä Örken, pregnancy, public transit, relationships

AN AUTUMN DAY IN THE PARK • by Läilä Örken

April 5, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My grandmother’s house was full of clocks.  They were never wound properly, their haphazard ticking all over the place — a cacophony of irregular mechanical heartbeats — so at any given moment one of them was busy striking or chiming,… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a grandparent, grandparents, Läilä Örken
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