Hiba Nasir

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“An Adieu with a Probability” by Hiba Nasir

Submitted to Contest #62

I know. I know. I half choke and half sob. I realize I am in shock but there’s no way I can stop myself from reacting. Instead of letting my emotions reign I try to sum up everything from a technical point of view. This has always been my way to cope with anything difficult. Look, I tell myself. You have something precious to you. And you’re in danger. Now the thing that is precious to you isn’t something that’s materialistic. You need to understand…its, in fact, a sort of self sacrificial love. Stop, I warn myself, you’re getting too emotio...

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“The Lohi Bher Cougar” by Hiba Nasir

Submitted to Contest #41

If truth be told, the incident mounted to not even a sliver of what it has been boasted to be. But of course, pointing that out would ruin the much built, mythical hype. It would give mothers one less threat to discipline their children. It would give those children one less incident to recall when they grow up. Not to mention it would reduce the zoo sales considerably.The affair had been quite mundane, really. The zookeeper at the Lohi Bher Wildlife Park had simply forgotten to inspect the wire meshing at the back of the cage (as the human ...

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Author bio

'I think the word 'sonder' has a beautiful meaning.' -says a bilingual & a half