A CNF flash piece that captures a pivotal shift in a young child's understanding of her world.

Dissociation

The jarring transition of an undiagnosed autistic child from Nature's classroom to the austere school system of 80's Ireland.

Outside(r)

It’s there—the one you want. Not lying dirty in the sink or buried under stuff on the draining board. It offers itself. Pick it up, admire its glint, its uncomplicated lines—straight, true, sharp. Your pulse is racing, your mouth dry. 

It was the laugh that did it. 

Overly loud, with a hollowness behind it like a concealed room, it was always a sign things were about to get bad.

The Laugh

A flash piece that uses a child's china tea set as metaphor to descry a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship.

Aisha Isabel Ashraf

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