Linz Vandermeer

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“A Quiet Voice” by Linz Vandermeer

Submitted to Contest #48

Fariah Bukhari was born to an average American family. Her Aba worked in an office in the accounting department, and her Ummi stayed home so that she had more time to spend with their small daughter. Her family were devout Muslims, performing the Salah, and living a life of peace. Peace was an integral pillar of the Bukhari household. Fariah was slow to speak as a child, but Aba and Ummi did not despair, for all happened when Allah allotted it to. Though she made small sounds, she formed no true words until she was nearly four years old. Tha...

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Some people have to sing, some to dance, some to draw, for others... they have to write. Me? I'm just an non-binary identifying asexual with an addiction to the written word, and I'm hoping to share it with the world.