The Funminists
My mother lies on the bed, her austere face a marble effigy of some medieval queen. She’s been […]
London, April 2020 4.01 – Bedroom My heartbeat stabilises as the nightmare fades. I dreamt that there was […]
My superpower is connecting the dots. I’m a blue-sky thinker, the last recruiter said, which is another way […]
I’m not special. Like everybody else I’ve been stuck inside for a few months. But I’m hoping that […]
I had a perfectly nice upbringing. For that reason alone I’m unable to blame my parents (entirely) for […]
You need: 1 cottage in a village setting with a clear view of the neighbour’s front garden 2 […]
Cleaning has never made it to the top ten on my to-do list. How fortunate that the technology […]
Maggie was flustered, I was wrinkled. Stumbling from the Uber into the restaurant, she was panting. I tried […]
Funny Pearls are excited to announce our 2020 short story competition, open to women of all nationalities. This […]
Back in Southern Virginia where I grew up, natives might describe neighboring towns as being a “spit away” […]
For twenty minutes, I lay like a human toffee – sticky and wrapped in cellophane. An aerial observer […]