Tahire Güneş

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Blissful Ignorance” by Tahire Güneş

Submitted to Contest #163

In a dilapidated historic, tiny, dark house in Baku's ancient inner city, Asghar Quliyev was busy eating dinner with his mother and children. At the same time, his wife pulled up a chair after serving the meal. Everyone was eating in silence. Today's meal consisted of Dolma (rice, minced filled capsicum) and a drink of Feijoa for the week's revelry. Feijoa used to cost 20 manats which were very expensive. There was a mysterious silence at the dining table. Nigar Quliyeva, Asghar's wife, looked before her while taking small sips. This s...

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“Let it be a Mirage” by Tahire Güneş

Submitted to Contest #160

The water in the kettle for making green tea was boiling and now whistling . With the sound of the steam, her thought of the oasis in this desert faded away.That thought which she was unable to name. Because there was no such word in their Khatdi language, the mother tongue of Thar residents. Ponds were the most thought and talked about bodies of water. 'Charo Badal' went to take down the kettle with bare feet, on the way she scattered the fresh goats' poop pellets given by the goat like almonds. A few pell...

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Author bio

Author/Interpreter from Türkiye.