Laundry

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My flash story Laundry is up at Spelk Fiction. Nice Christmas present. 🙂

Spelk

by Sebnem E. Sanders

I smell the freshness of your shirt when I bury my face in your chest. A hint of lavender takes me to an old Italian movie, a scene where people hang their laundry on the terrace. We play hide-and-seek between the big white sheets and rub sweaty hands on the cotton fabric.

Who irons your shirts like this? You never mentioned any one. I never asked. Omission is a sin. Lavender and heather won’t make up for it. Today, I ask the question that’s been roaming in my head for a while.

Your gaze drifts away and you mutter, “The one I took vows with.”

I step back. Clench my hands and shout, “Get the hell out of here and don’t come back.”

You look at me with pleading eyes, and linger, unsure.

“Out, now!” I command.

You hesitate, then turn around. Shoulders slumped, you drift…

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Season’s Greetings

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Here we are at the end of another year and the beginning of a new one.

It’s the Winter Solstice weekend, coinciding with a full moon, which seems to be a rare event.  In pagan cultures, Winter Solstice is associated with pomegranates which symbolize prosperity.  So I wish you all a prosperous Solstice, holiday season and New Year, in all your endeavours.

Here are two of my poems on pomegranates:

https://sebnemsanders.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/happy-winter-solstice-seasons-greetings-and-happy-new-year-the-pomegranate-tree-2/

https://sebnemsanders.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/sleep/

 

In my writing endeavours, Ripples on the Pond  has had a busy year, with good reviews on Amazon and Goodreads and I love this last one.

Thank you Sebnem Sanders for a beautiful work of art.

 

Meanwhile, I had stories published at online literary magazines, worked on my WIPs, and decided to edit/re-write The Child of Heaven, my first completed manuscript, which I haven’t touched for three years. I will publish it some time in 2019, whenever it’s ready.    https://sebnemsanders.wordpress.com/book-excerpts/

This is a working cover, just to give you an idea.

 

On the eastern shores of the Southern Aegean, Spring was inspirational, the Summer long and hot, lasting until October.

Spring flowers from the garden

 

The major celestial event for me was the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse in July which we could see here.  I wrote a story about that, inspired by this photo.

https://sebnemsanders.wordpress.com/2018/07/28/eclipse/

 

For the New Year, we all make resolutions and wishes with the intention to realize them. So I light candles and ask the angels to help me carry out my plans. The word is mimimise; belongings, clutter, those extra, unnecessary  words and repetitions in my writing, at home, and in my life.  I hope I can do it, this time, like the MC Leila does in The Child of Heaven.

 

 

Dear fellow writers, friends, and followers, many thanks for your support and encouragement.

 

Now that the longest night is over, may the light shine upon you to make your dreams come true. Season’s Greetings and all good wishes to you and yours.

Sebnem 🙂 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Year in the Life of Ripples on the Pond

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A year in the life of Ripples on the Pond    my debut anthology of flash fiction and short stories, with photos and highlights

 

December 7, 2017 The first copy of Ripples on the Pond arrives home via UPS.

and finds a cozy spot.

 

First copies arrive in London

December, 2017 Highlights from the first reviews on Amazon, Amazon UK, and Goodreads

“I’m delighted to have tasted the delights of this exceptional flash …”

“Tender observations and wisdom – a wonderful collection of stories“

“Well Worth the Ride!“

 

 

“Each story has you linger a bit longer, while waiting for a sunset… or perhaps you are the person anticipating the sun rise. A real treat! A fantastic beach read! ” on Goodreads

“Eternal Ripples”

 

 “Sebnem Sanders creates breathtaking fables that make realistic myths from the human condition.” on Goodreads

“Ripples on the Pond will leave ripples on your heart” 

 

Ripples appears on author and blogger Jessie Cahalin’s Books in My Handbag, December 15, 2017

https://jessiecahalin.com/handbag-gallery/

 

January-April, 2018:

“Read between the words…”

“Generous collection of beautiful stories”

“A delightful collection.”

“Sebnem Sanders writes beautifully, often with an anthropmorphic slant that reminds me …”

 

April, 2018 : Ripples Receives a Readers’ Award and a review from Chill with a Book, on Amazon, Amazon UK, and Goodreads.

 “A thoroughly entertaining book of short stories. The cancer ward story was particularly poignant.”

 

 “Beautiful Language, Good Ideas“

“Thoughtful collection of short fiction”

 

Spring in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey

“Such a wonderful collection of short stories!”

“When I finished and there were no more stories, I smiled to myself. This is one of those books I will be re-reading again and again. A must read!“

 “The gamut of human emotion and experience”

 

Swedish Blogger Ray Not Bradbury Reviews Ripples on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2212927603?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

And I time-travel to Varmdö, the biggest island in the Stockholm archipelago, and cherish memories from my teenage days.

 

Ripples in Datça, Muğla, Turkey, in the Summer.  Photo by a reader,  https://www.instagram.com/nilgun_ozbudak/

 

Ripples on the Beach

“Sublime Power“

 

“ A pleasure that I did not want to end….”

 

December in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, as the fire crackles and we taste the pomegranates and oranges from the garden.

 

Not all the stories in Ripples of the Pond have specific locations, but here are a few that do:

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Ripples on the Pond   is free on Kindle between December 6-10th, Thursday-Monday. If you’d like to have a look, here’s the preview and the link:

 

 

 

Thank you very much for reading and visiting. 🙂