by Olga Brajnović | Aug 23, 2023 | challenges, fiction, our life
Anja was cleaning her kitchen when she heard people yelling and noises of motors near her door, ruining her solitary and peaceful life. Everybody out! Commanded a deep voice loudly. She quickly removed a mat and opened a hatch in the floor. She climbed down a wooden...
by Olga Brajnović | Jun 2, 2023 | challenges, fiction
Carla was worried because Gordon and his kids had not arrived at the shelter as it was arranged. She went to the apartment from he was evicted and found the workers already demolishing the building. No trace of Gordon, his truck or brother Francis, the old Franciscan...
by Olga Brajnović | May 23, 2023 | challenges, fiction
-It’s 5 pm; I have time to go to Ocean Beach to take a walk before dinner, thought Lisa, closing her laptop with a relieved sigh. Tired but satisfied with her work for the day, she changed her clothes and rode her bike to the near shore. It was warm and sunny,...
by Olga Brajnović | May 19, 2023 | fiction, Journalism
Jonas was exhausted. He hadn’t slept all night or for the past three nights. Last Monday, an intense day of bombings destroyed his shelter… and his nerves. No roof over his head, no food, and no electricity meant no way to communicate with his family and...
by Olga Brajnović | May 10, 2023 | challenges, fiction
-How do I look? Lorna asked, leaning on the counter, letting her perfectly coiffed blonde hair fall down and holding a long black smoking cigarette holder in her right hand that composed an attractive and sensual image of herself. -Beautiful, answered Mark, looking up...
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 30, 2023 | fiction, Love
Angie looked sadly at the girl at the other side of her mirror. It was a matter of time. Seconds? Minutes? Thump, thump, thump… The pounding on her door was getting louder and menacing. She was motionless out of fear and shame. -Open the door! That morning, when...
