These are the stories that have stayed with me this week:
Beginnings by Anu Kandikuppa in Lost Balloon
Fisherman’s soup by Kristina Ten in Mermaid’s monthly
How to paint yourself into a corner by Emma-Marie Smith in Lunate
A house is not a home by L Chan in Clarkesworld
The samundar can be any colour by Fatima Taqvi in Flash Fiction Online
Children between lines by Soham Guha in Mithila Review
The rose apple by Rashi Rohatgi in Midnight breakfast
How to tell a trauma story by Bethany Marcel in Midnight breakfast
Come what may by Danielle Decatur in Midnight breakfast
Coffee and Paneer 