The mule is more valuable than people know. It must be something horrible to have everyone around staring at you and picturing your own ending. I think he was right to pray. Maybe it helped and maybe it didn't, but it was a good thing. Awesome story, Samara.
thank you so much for reading! i'm glad the depth of the characters could be felt - hard to know how tidbits of a much longer novel will land without the surrounding context, so it's good to hear that there was some whisper of a wider world.
ha!! no actually my comment was vaguely-phrased (shame on me) and I was grateful for you giving me the opportunity to clarify that I did indeed write this :) :)
The mule is more valuable than people know. It must be something horrible to have everyone around staring at you and picturing your own ending. I think he was right to pray. Maybe it helped and maybe it didn't, but it was a good thing. Awesome story, Samara.
I adore the mule. thankyou for reading, Parker, and for feeling for the cook! I’m glad he made it too
Ahhh love this. Can't blame that scribe for trying to secure his place I guess.
Wonderful vignette.
it didn’t turn out well for the scribe, I’m sorry to report… more to come.
thank you for reading as always :)
What an epic piece.. I loved the tension and the depth of characters that were presented in such a short moment.
thank you so much for reading! i'm glad the depth of the characters could be felt - hard to know how tidbits of a much longer novel will land without the surrounding context, so it's good to hear that there was some whisper of a wider world.
So immersive I love this I love
thank you so much for reading <3
Another fabulous post!
thank you so so much!
Lovely, vivid prose! The comfortable codeswitching between the two languages transported me back to Rudy Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima.
thank you so much, Frances! Rudy Anaya definitely has an incredible ease between languages and also between the 'ordinary' and the supernatural
Some of us have lived our lives that way, switching between languages and "realities", and thus love to see it in print.
exactly! same same
No wonder you are friendly toward my writing. 😊💜
muy simpatica :)
Wonderful !! It reminds me a bit of Paul Bowles' work.
wow thank you! I love his writing!
Who is the author, Samara?
me! (I meant I love Paul Bowles' work)
Yeah, 🤣🤣🤣 Maybe I should start drinking coffee again...O.M.G!!! Well, I love YOUR writing!
ha!! no actually my comment was vaguely-phrased (shame on me) and I was grateful for you giving me the opportunity to clarify that I did indeed write this :) :)
Amazingly done!
thank you, Moe :)