The thief of a man




My thumb skims the screen of my Android. I'm not sure if I'm still caressing my friend's mouth, or if I am rather trying to dry the drop that just hit it. What else could I say? My colleague had caught my eye, and now that I had managed to gain her trust, I wanted more than anything to know if I was her kind. For I am sure of one thing: You also know how tricky it can be to approach the woman you want, when sh

The snake that wanted to be human





Tired from relentlessly hunting in the jungle and eager to quell its thirst, a snake discovered a meander as quiet as a millpond. No one ever disturbed its waters, no cows and no buffalos to trample its mud, and no birds or leaves to cover it with blots of colors. Only the sun and the mist gently wiggled on its surface.

Lily and the beanstalk





The pen slipped between my slender fingers, worn out from the long days spent on the lookout for the slightest opportunity buried in the jumble of the Telegraph's classified ads. It halted suddenly, twitching with impatience, then twirled frantically around its finding, ready to unearth its truffle and circle it in red. I decidedly had to take a bite at the cherry, because money does not g