She has all his painful memories excised from his brain.
She considers it the best gift of all. The memory of a perfect childhood.
But no one could possibly gift something that simply does not exist. At least, not without unfortunate consequences.
Memory Games secured an Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest (July—September 2023).
Anitha Krishnan is a speculative fiction author and an award- winning poet. Her fantasy novel, Dying Wishes, was a finalist for the 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in the Speculative Fiction category.
She has lived in and left pieces of her heart in many places across the world including Singapore, Australia, Canada, and most of all in her beloved birthplace, India. She presently lives in Burlington, Ontario with her husband and their cherished child.