Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. This is my response to this week’s photo prompt by “Friday Fictioneers”. The sun is setting, but today Sheila is not feeling like herself. Her name in Hindi means a virtuous person, an ethically correct and kind person. All her life, she tried to live up to…
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Bells, Books & a Moka Pot
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. This is my response to this week’s photo prompt by “Friday Fictioneers”. Nonna’s house looks eerily quiet without her. Salt and Pepper loved playing with bells. They are everywhere; I don’t know why. Something just moved! The bell on this shelf is a lever! It opened something….
I saw a cardinal today!
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. I saw a cardinal today! Summer is gone, and fall is giving a knock at our door already. As seasons change, I tend to get reflective. As we get older, the years go by, and we start to live from season to season. The changing weather reminds…
THIS WAY – THAT WAY
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. This is my response to this week’s photo prompt by “Friday Fictioneers”. Nina opened the curtains. Stepping out for her morning stroll, she felt exceptionally restless. It wasn’t that Sam got an unusual diagnosis or Brick invested all his money in a stupid business venture. Melissa was…
Happy Father’s Day
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. To all the fathers who quietly put their families first, this day is for you. To the dads who carry worries on their shoulders so their children can sleep peacefully. To the dads who sacrifice their own dreams, comforts, and sometimes even their happiness to build a…
Operation: No Barbecue
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. It is Saturday morning, and Ryan doesn’t have to go to kindergarten today. Bryan is still eating his breakfast, squished into his high chair as always. He is such a slowpoke. He kicked his soccer ball and was planning to play with the water hose. When he…
Still, She Rises
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. Maryam came to Canada carrying a life that had already known too much. She left Iraq years ago during Saddam Hussein’s regime. Their only fault was being an Iraqi Christian family, forced to flee their homeland due to the brutal dictator. After navigating through detention camps and…
What We Carry Forward
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. Here’s my response to this week’s photo prompt by “Friday Fictioneers” and my 100-word story to go with it. Today we gather to hear Grandpa’s will, all of us back in the old farmhouse. I wonder if this is what he wanted, one last reunion. None of…
When Time Began…
Copyright © [Surabhi Parashar] [2026]. All Rights Reserved. Happy Gudi Padwa and Ugadi to all!!! From Kashmir to Kerala and Punjab to West Bengal, all across India, this festival is celebrated in the month of March/April. People in Kashmir call it “Navreh,” while a similar celebration is termed as “Vishu” in Kerala. In West Bengal…
