by Olga Brajnović | Aug 2, 2021 | challenges, fiction
I get out of my office. It was a scorching day. The asphalt was melting under my feet as I tried to make my way thru the busy street to my apartment building. The sun hit my head like a hammer, drops of sweating pouring down my forehead and under my ears make me feel...
by Olga Brajnović | Feb 16, 2020 | challenges
Frank and Lucy had decided to begin a new life together. She had found a job at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and had gone already there. He was not so lucky. No job waiting for him up to the north. Besides, Frank needed to leave his office as a...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 25, 2019 | challenges, Memories
Clank, clank, clank…, the big billboard sounded dangerously battered by the cold wind. I was trying to reach my house at Second Ave with 79th Street. The metallic sound made me consider if it would be better to change the sidewalk or get out of there as quickly as...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 3, 2015 | daily prompt
Tell us about the top five places you’ve always wanted to visit Rome, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Kotor, San Francisco and New York. Those are places where I’ve lived wonderful times. In Rome, Zagreb Dubrovnik and Kotor I had the most moving experiences. In the US I...
by Olga Brajnović | Oct 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I arrived to New York for the first time with almost no idea of English, I was like walking on a dream. The people rushing everywhere, street performers. Skyscrapers, Little and colourful flower shops. Executives, homeless. Claustrophobia on the subway at rush...
