Rajendra Shepherd
Bio
Rajendra Shepherd lives in Trinidad. His latest short fiction “God alone knows” appears in SAND. Other works include: “Fear: the last assignment” and “Of Thosalus born”. This poetry has been published by the BMJ and The Good Men Project.
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We'll Always Have Tea
Since his wife had died, Derek never stopped talking to her, and wondered what he would like to do after he died. The spilt sugar on his kitchen table had scattered and, he thought, arranged itself, perhaps not accidentally, into a form that resembled the face of Deirdre. His late wife was always sending him signs, but Derek wanted to make sure; make sure he wasn’t just seeing things. By considering each granule he would decide if it were chance, or design, which was facilitating a message. Only then would he write down the date, the incident and the particulars of her commentary on their life.
By Rajendra Shepherd8 years ago in Humans
A Million Angry Faces
2050 - An obituary-writing company sends its carefully constructed pieces to celebrities before they die, so that the star can approve the text. In this modern super-era of media-constructed status and personality, a good obit can go a long way…
By Rajendra Shepherd8 years ago in Futurism
