The China Tea SetA flash piece that uses a child's china tea set as metaphor to descry a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship.
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Aisha Isabel Ashraf
Aisha Ashraf is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, anthologies & magazines, including The Rumpus, The Maine Review, River Teeth, HuffPost & The Independent(UK)
Toronto, Canada
Selected work (5 publications)
DissociationA CNF flash piece that captures a pivotal shift in a young child's understanding of her world.
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Outside(r)The jarring transition of an undiagnosed autistic child from Nature's classroom to the austere school system of 80's Ireland.
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coming of age
CutIt’s there—the one you want. Not lying dirty in the sink or buried under stuff on the draining board. It offers itself. Pick it up, admire its glint, its uncomplicated lines—straight, true, sharp. Your pulse is racing, your mouth dry.
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