New Zealand – Menaka Writes

The Wife and Her Blind Husband

As the cool wind pulls my hair backward, I stare at this beautiful city — Auckland. Mt. Rangitoto stands majestically in the middle of the Hauraki Gulf. It’s been inactive for years now but it seems to me that it would erupt anytime and cover the sea in ashes. Will and I went yesterday toContinue reading “The Wife and Her Blind Husband”

Darkness in Waitomo

This is a work of fiction. “You’re done with your painting, Will?” Shelly asks. “Yes, I’m done. Just final touches,” I tell Shelly. “I don’t know how you manage to make such beautiful paintings all the time,” she says. “It’s all thanks to your descriptions,” I say. Shelly laughs and I feel a glow inContinue reading “Darkness in Waitomo”