by Olga Brajnović | Sep 28, 2021 | challenges, fiction, Nature
Sir, sir! would you help me?_ asked Tommy, almost crying. The stranger interrupted his brisk march and looked around to find a small boy looking at him from the other side of the path in the middle of the forest. The snow had begun to fall, the visibility was poor,...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 21, 2021 | challenges, Family, fiction
-Where is mommy? -asked Tim for the twentieth time to the lady who had waked him up that morning. -Your dad will come soon and will tell you, said her Tim had his nose glued to the window with views to St. Francis’ Square and was staring intently to catch the...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 13, 2021 | challenges, fiction, Memories
The road ended at the fence of the front garden of the old house my father had found to spend our summer holidays. It was the best he could afford with his university teacher’s salary for the seven of us. Behind the building, they were imposing mountains, track...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 7, 2021 | challenges, fiction, Love
Martha smiled broadly, showing her gleaming white teeth when I told her Matty has just died in a car crash. She showed no sadness, no emotion. We were all devastated. Matty was a young intern, 23, full of life and energy. Very nice chap. We all loved him because he...
by Olga Brajnović | Sep 1, 2021 | challenges, fiction
Will they come? It’s late, and I’m waiting here alone. Maybe my wife is right. I’m a fool trying to forget the wounds of our recent history. We had survived a war on opposite sides. Too much blood and cruelty have torn us apart. We were just kids...
by Olga Brajnović | Aug 17, 2021 | challenges, fiction, our life
– Oh my! It’s raining again! Bob complained. He hated being out under the rain, and he had had enough that day: Jogging at 5 AM under an authentic shower, going to his work at the firefighter’s station at 6 AM, and four calls during his shift to...
