I woke one morning with a strange new ability. I could see the lies people told themselves written on their faces. I avoided the I’m-importants and the I’m-a-winners, walking the streets until I found a sad-eyed boy who lied, “I don’t care.” I took his hand and led him home.
Fiona H Evans is a mathematician who just quit her day job. She lives on Noongar Boodja in Perth Western Australia with an aging but beloved dog. You can read more of her writing at fionahevans.com.
beautiful!!
Thank you, Jo. If only it were really that easy 🙂
congrats on your story of the month selection – So glad I came back to re-read it. We ALL need to remember this one. xx
Beautiful story
Thank you, Sandra.
Love this. ❤️
Thank you !
Wonderful!
Thank you :-)
So sweet—would that we all wake up with such a power!
Thank you. It would be useful, wouldn’t it?
Congratulations, Fiona! Well deserved and beautifully written.
Thank you, it’s a lovely honour indeed :-)
Beautiful work Fiona. That ability will be wonderful to possess only that as of today, they still have to talk for you to decode them. Not yet being written on their foreheads.
Thanks, it sure would be a handy superpower. I get so tired of being gullible but I still like to believe in people.
Congratulations! Brilliant!
Congratulations Fiona, great little story.
Thank you!
Congrats once more. I am sure it’s wonder, wonderful work.
Thanks :-)
This is so beautiful. Congrats on story of the month!
Thank you. I’m super chuffed :-)
A nice twist at the end.
So good, Fiona! Wow! ❤️
Simply beautiful. 💙 it.