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Sarah Crysl Akhtar

Sarah Crysl Akhtar’s shtetl forebears gifted her with the genes that impel her to make much from little. So of course she writes flash fiction, cultivates orchards on her windowsill and bakes fabulous shortbread. Her son gives her what’s immeasurable — the best of all possible worlds. (Less miraculous fruit of her labors has appeared on 365tomorrows, Flash Fiction Online and Perihelion SF Magazine, as well as on EDF; her posts on the craft of writing — including reviews of stories selected “From the EDF Archives” — have appeared on Flash Fiction Chronicles.)

RWANDA NZIZA • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

August 5, 2017Every Day Fiction 24 Comments

Let nothing upset you; let nothing frighten you.  Everything is changing; God alone is changeless… — Teresa of Avila She was Thérèse for the French one but the words of the Spanish one saved her.  Calm practicality; unarguable truth.  Ecstasy… Continue Reading →

Historical, Literary, Stories giving birth, rape, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

RAISE YOU • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

July 15, 2017Every Day Fiction 48 Comments

The door is not there. Everything else is the same. It’s not a dream. Time keeps moving by in the right way, my watch shows its relentless progression. The bus stop was right, the street is right, the building is… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories, Surreal Sarah Crysl Akhtar

SORCERER’S APPRENTICE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

February 24, 2017Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

You can say anything to babies, if you do it in the proper tone of voice. “Once upon a time,” and I put down Good Night Moon, “Grandma’s very bestest friend was a boy named Rickie. And he became a… Continue Reading →

Literary, Mystery / Suspense, Stories Sarah Crysl Akhtar, serial killers

KEEPING THE NATURAL BALANCE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

January 28, 2017Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

I always go for the bad ones. Or so my mother said. Rayneer said this one was chivvying the tails of her littermates from the moment she opened her eyes. When a dog already knows how to hunt, you just… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Horror, Stories kumiho, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, Seollal (Korean New Year)

BLACKBIRD PIE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

October 11, 2016Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

“…sounds like his feet ‘re in a cauldron of lye,” said Aunt Belle. Twilight was coming on fast, daylilies closed up like sentinels going off-duty. In the flickering shadows, Astreen could’ve been twelve, or twenty, or thirty-five. She put a… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories magic, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

PRIMORDIA • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

August 26, 2016Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

“Of all the fairy stories we tell our children,” said Arkady, “The Tale of the Greater Good is by far the most wicked.” “You sound like the fifth Karamazov brother.” Outside, the cold reduced everything to elemental purity. Traces of… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Chernobyl, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, transformation, werewolves

DRAWING THE RIGHT CONCLUSION • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

January 20, 2016Every Day Fiction 50 Comments

“Mommy’s not gonna leave him, is she?” “No,” I said. Lina frowned, shifting the perfect geometry of her face. Mark wasn’t even our stepfather. One word described what he was. He was acrid. Lina’s sharp. You don’t notice at first; she… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories art, bears, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, siblings, stepfathers

…LORDS A-LEAPING • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

January 6, 2016Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

It’s not so uncommon at holiday time, but — “…folie à trois,” said Halko. “Three lords a-leaping.” He was already at the club, relaxed, comfortable, when the others arrived for a restorative drink. He hadn’t gone to the funerals. No… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Sarah Crysl Akhtar, The Twelve Days of Christmas

THE INNOCENT CREATURE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

December 8, 2015Every Day Fiction 34 Comments

How many angels can dance on a flake of snow? Winter’s black-nailed hand has come early to the village. From under its beautiful white mantle it will reach deep into the wombs of wives ripening with hope; it will choke… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories angels, cats, December Invitational, Sarah Crysl Akhtar

WINTER INTO SPRING • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

December 24, 2014Every Day Fiction 41 Comments

In that last hard winter of the war, the farmhouse looked almost like a cabin for the enjoyments of the season. Those gorgeous drifts of snow would have burned your toes to stumps, if you had no boots. No one… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Christmas, Hanukkah, motherhood, Poland, Sarah Crysl Akhtar, war

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