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Samia Ahmed

Samia Ahmed is from India but now lives in America where she pursues her passion for writing. Her work can be found in Coffin Bell Journal and Indus Woman Writing. Her flash fiction was nominated for Best of the Net Anthology 2019. She has a forthcoming publication in an anthology to be published by Penguin. She has a masters in journalism, believes in breaking stereotypes, and continues to practice that while petting pretty black cats and sipping chai.

July/Aug 2020

When They Came for Us

By Samia Ahmed

From my window, the men looked like burned-out candle wicks. Their faces smeared into each other under the orange glow of a streetlight. When the door of my apartment started […]