Category: STORY

Short story by Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda ——————————————————————————————   Harjo, a former thug, came into my room bearing a gun. Then it struck me, why is he here? Is he going to kill me? The way he came in immediately raised my suspicion. He came in without knocking while looking me dead in the eyes with his drunken eyes, before settling down on my table and drawing his gun from underneath his jacket.   “I have to kill someone today,” he said “Who will you kill?” “You don’t have to know.…

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Short Story by Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda —————————————————————————————–    If you ever had time to go down the concrete stairs in on the south side of the Afandi Museum and go into the residence area in Gajahwong River, you would stumble upon a little mosque at the end of the narrow and steep alley. There is nothing special about his mosque, except for the old moss covered roof, and its speaker that was held high with a branch of bamboo. If you knew what actually happened in this old mosque and…

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