Hi, everyone!
Remember Structo - the lovely journal where my short story was published a few months ago? Well, the issue is now online and free to read, so here's me giving you a shout as promised!
It's a story about a single evening, a fraction of a moment, about secrets. (Don't keep your thoughts on it a secret, though! Drop me a note, tell me know what you think.)
Here's the link to the story:
Dancing in the Drawing Room
I hope you enjoy reading it!
Much love,
P
PS: In case you missed the earlier post on the Structo publication and my reading, and are wondering what I'm talking about, here's a rewind.
Read it and loved it. I felt like I was sitting there with the characters, watching the story unfold.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reading, Sara! And very happy to hear that the story came alive for you xx
DeleteIts beautiful Pia. Elegant and subtle...
ReplyDeleteAncy
Thank you, Ancy. Those two words mean a lot to me - it's what I was aiming for with this story.
DeleteLove your writing, Pia. I am instantly transported each and every time.
ReplyDeleteThanks a million, Tracy. For enjoying the story, but also for writing in to let me know.
DeleteI read your blog page by page when I found it one day. I was going through a low phase then & your posts just made me feel normal :) Thereafter, i started waiting for your posts & then lost track. Imagine my surprise that after months today, I came back to this space once again & had not only a post or two to read but a whole story!
ReplyDeleteLoved it! These little secrets make up for a couple's journey just as much as spending some hard times together. Keep writing!
Himali, thank you for writing such a warm note, so so glad you read and enjoyed the story. And thank you also for staying with the blog...I'm happy it helped you in some small way. It really makes this space worth writing. Much love, and do come back xx
DeletePia, I opened the story (against better judgement) when I had a work deadline looming - meaning to come back to it - but of course at the first sentence was so drawn to it that I had to finish reading right then. Like everyone else said, I felt I was there, part of what was unfolding. I love the detail in your stories. Here's to many more!
ReplyDeleteLakshmi, thanks for reading it when you shouldn't have, and responding to the story as you did. Writing is such a solitary job - someone reading and writing back their thoughts makes it feel less like a lone battle :)
DeleteHugs!
Pia, such a warm, gorgeous, tender story, or should I call it a 'moment' that becomes a story. The craft is so impeccable and so understated, that I cannot praise it enough. One particular line there was also like a life lesson of sorts. You are going all the way my friend, no question about it.
ReplyDeleteAs for the line that made me linger for more than a couple of moments, here it is:
'But as is the nature of an option, it makes you more secure about the future, and less settled in the present.'
Thank you so much, Vispy! If I haven't said it enough, your support and reading means much to me always.
DeleteAnd it's strange and lovely that you called it a 'moment', because it was an observed moment at a party that started the story.
Magic spun, yet again!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you write and thank you for sharing!
Your stories take me to a different place and time, to live the moment as I read it.
Fiona, so good to know that you read it, and enjoyed it. Thanks always for the kind words...it keeps me writing :) Hugs!
DeleteMy feelings are echoed through most of the comments above...so I will just say I loved it and I look forward to reading an entire book written by you someday, because I certainly crave more of such good stuff ;-)
ReplyDeleteTandra, sorry for replying so late...I've been in India, and deliberately far from the internet. Thanks so much for reading and enjoying the story; as always, I appreciate that more than you know.
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