Short Stories

Ms. Aedes Aegypti of the Village

A few moments of the chance encounter with the World’s Most Annoying Superbugs.

They say the smallest creatures can cause the biggest problems, but I never realized that a mosquito could be a masterclass in audacity. What started as a simple afternoon in the yard turned into an unexpected encounter with a village mosquito—a tiny, fearless female who taught me more about persistence and audacity than I ever cared to know. 

The Noise of a Hydra

Recalling a nightmare that nearly took the life.