by hidayat | Feb 28, 2022 | Short Stories
This is the second story featuring the character, Strathmore York Fynn. Vaughn was killing my buzz. “Bruh, can you please go back to your office? I’ve really gotta finish my work,” I told him none too gently. Vaughn was a friend, but one who could easily outstay his...
by hidayat | Feb 28, 2022 | Short Stories
This is the first story in a series of tales about a fictional character based on a real person. “Strathmore York Fynn? That’s your name, your actual name?” the man asked me with heavy scepticism after he had sat down at my desk and read my name badge. I...
by hidayat | Feb 28, 2022 | Short Stories
Bertie was furious. No. Enraged. Yes, she felt that was a more appropriate word for her emotional state. Mightily enraged! And it was all Rose’s fault. “I warned you not to listen to Leonard’s preposterous promises, didn’t I?” she asked-shouted at the younger Rose...
by hidayat | Jan 9, 2022 | Blog Post
Celebrities have such a huge influence on our lives that many actors have come to think of themselves as untouchable, perfect and irreproachable. In reality, they are only human beings who bleed when they are cut, to borrow a line from Shakespeare. Their arrogance has...
by hidayat | Jan 9, 2022 | Short Stories
GADIJA “In the sixty-three years that I’ve been alive,” I was telling Gadija Gabier while both of us were waiting to get our monthly health check-up at the day hospital, “I’ve had the dubious pleasure of meeting some of the dumbest people ever to walk this planet.”...