Flash Stories

There was a bully in my apartment complex. Text of story: https://medium.com/@ysazhar/flash-nonfiction-bully-5187602265a3

"A handyman lives near us — about a 5 minute drive or maybe 4 minutes. To tell you the truth, he’s my wife’s relative. He’s old. He can fix anything. But since he’s old, I don’t like to bug him. Also, he knows I’m useless. But bugging an old man to come fix your leaking sink? It’s not right..." Read by AI voice en-AU-Neural2-D. Link to full text

"I haven’t studied under my teacher for about 6 years probably..." Read by AI voice en-US-Standard-J. Link to full text

"My wife and I sat in our California living room as we did each night. She watched a Turkish drama on her laptop and I read 'The Elephant Vanishes' by Haruki Murakami. She took off her headphones and said, 'Something has been bothering me about Hillian since she moved.'" Read by AI voice en-US-Standard-J. Link to full text

"My mother used to yell at me and my brothers when we complained her food was too hot. Every salan burned our mouths..." Read by AI voice en-US-Studio-Q. Link to full text

"Before my sister birthed my nephew, her husband moved to America. I never changed his diaper, but I brought her food and removed the trash from her room. I became my sister’s favorite brother and her son became my favorite nephew. We were the youngest of 14 siblings. All the others married and moved out of my father’s home in New Delhi..." Read by AI voice en-IN-Wavenet-F. Link to full...

"The sun grinds a path through the sky..."

“The gas car slips under my nails…” Read by AI voice en-US-Wavenet-F. Link to full text

"I’m the garbage man of our home. The city picks up garbage in front of our house on Tuesdays and my wife reminds me to take it out then bring the bins back in. I already know that, but I don’t argue..." Read by AI voice en-US-Studio-Q. Link to full text

"1. Volunteer more: Let me get back to you..." Read by AI voice en-US-Neural2-J. Link to full text.

"running late to my oil change appointment at the dealership at 8:30 am..." Read by AI voice en-US-studio-QA. link to full text

"I was chatting over the phone with my friend in Chicago who is a published writer, English major and educator. He asked me to write an article about my daily writing routine..."

"The young man left his wife at home with their crying baby to sit with a white-bearded shaykh..." Read by AI voice en-GB-News-L. link to full text

"To the man with a hammer..." Read by AI voice en-US-Studio-Q. link to full text

Yousuf Azhar discusses the first week of the podcast with his daughter, Sumaya Azhar.

"Sunlight diffused through the clouds such that I could not tell the time of day..." Read by AI voice en-GB-News-L. Full text of story

"I told that boy when he was a boy. I said, 'Daughters-in-law are evil. They treat their mothers-in-law badly.' Such a stupid boy. He said..." Read by AI voice en-IN-Journey-O. Full text of story

"A year after my mother died, I drove one and a half hours to visit her best friend in the city I grew up in. I missed Aunty..." Read by AI voice "en-US-Wavenet-J". Text of full story

"In her father’s house, the college student woke up feeling hungry..." Ready by AI voice en-US-Wavenet-F. Full text of story

"The noise in the house aggravated my kurta after my daughter came home with her two kids to spend a week with me and my wife for winter break. 'My kurta would like a little bit of quiet,' I said..."

"I wanted to write a flash fiction piece, but could not think of a topic. And since my daughter wanted ice cream, I agreed to take her out. We entered the ice cream shop..."