Author

Mimi Mondal

Mimi Mondal lives and writes in Calcutta, India. One of her stories has been published for the Artemis Rising event of Podcastle, and a few others are hoping to receive some love soon. With her affinity for cats, dogs, travel, a decent scotch, and communal harmony, Mimi often likes to imagine she is so unexotic as to almost be exotic. She is currently attending the Clarion West Writing Workshop (Summer 2015) and can be tweeted at @Julychildren.

Things to Do after They're Gone

I find you under my bed one night when I am looking for a lost suitcase, curled up and desolate as if you were just a dead tree. You shrink from my reach. I have no idea how long you have been there. I wonder if you can tell. I stopped dreading you when I was ten. Ten years it…