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The Fight Belonged to Her
“It’s best to do what your dad says without making any waves.”
Robin understood it was the men in her life who had the control. After a lifetime of feeling powerless and witnessing her mother’s potential being crushed under the weight of compliance, Robin is ready to fight back, even if it means pushing against those closest to her.
Robin understood it was the men in her life who had the control. After a lifetime of feeling powerless and witnessing her mother’s potential being crushed under the weight of compliance, Robin is ready to fight back, even if it means pushing against those closest to her.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2019
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About the author
Rasmenia Massoud
10 books77 followersRasmenia Massoud was born just outside of Washington D.C. somewhere during the era of Hunter S. Thompson vs. Nixon, but never lived there. She just happened to be in the area. She grew up in Colorado where she made a living with both blue and white collars at various times in her life before deciding that collars are not good, and that writing stories was very good.
In addition to spending several years in various Colorado towns, she has also lived in Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, England, Paris, and the French countryside; traveling to a number of states and countries in between. All the while, thinking deeply about the places and the people she encounters, and writing things down. She looks for the cracks, the scars under the flesh, gathers them up and molds them into stories in an effort to understand what fascinates, confuses and infuriates her the most: human beings.
Rasmenia Massoud is the author of the short story collections HUMAN DETRITUS, BROKEN ABROAD, and YOU DON’T SEE ANY OF THIS. Dozens of her stories have been published online and in print, including The Foundling Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Literary Orphans, Sunlight Press, The Molotov Cocktail, Full of Crow, Flash Fiction Offensive, Black Heart Magazine, Every Day Fiction, Big Pulp, and Underground Voices. Her novella, CIRCUITS END, published by Running Wild Press in 2019, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rasmenia blogs semi-regularly about the awkwardness, frustration and joy of expatriation, food, the craft of writing, and the learning curves that come from being a broken, awkward, and dysfunctional human. She currently lives in southern England with her husband, their loyal chocolate lab and mischievous feline sidekick.
In addition to spending several years in various Colorado towns, she has also lived in Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, England, Paris, and the French countryside; traveling to a number of states and countries in between. All the while, thinking deeply about the places and the people she encounters, and writing things down. She looks for the cracks, the scars under the flesh, gathers them up and molds them into stories in an effort to understand what fascinates, confuses and infuriates her the most: human beings.
Rasmenia Massoud is the author of the short story collections HUMAN DETRITUS, BROKEN ABROAD, and YOU DON’T SEE ANY OF THIS. Dozens of her stories have been published online and in print, including The Foundling Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Literary Orphans, Sunlight Press, The Molotov Cocktail, Full of Crow, Flash Fiction Offensive, Black Heart Magazine, Every Day Fiction, Big Pulp, and Underground Voices. Her novella, CIRCUITS END, published by Running Wild Press in 2019, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rasmenia blogs semi-regularly about the awkwardness, frustration and joy of expatriation, food, the craft of writing, and the learning curves that come from being a broken, awkward, and dysfunctional human. She currently lives in southern England with her husband, their loyal chocolate lab and mischievous feline sidekick.
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March 10, 2019
Good quick read. Thought provoking. Made me think about what I'm teaching my own girls. Trying to teach them to be strong, independent and able to think for themselves without looking for approval from others all the time.
September 22, 2023
A good short story that could have probably done with a little more proofreading, but on the whole a good read that inspires outrage.
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