Samia Ahmed is originally from Bhopal, India but now lives in Virginia where she pursues her passion for writing. Her work can be found in The Kenyon Review, Coffin Bell Journal, deLuge Literary and Arts Journal and Indus Woman Writing. Her flash fiction was nominated for Best of the Net Anthology 2019. She is the contributing author of The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human, an anthology published by Penguin South East Asia. You can find her on Twitter: @Samia_is_Ahmed and Instagram: @she_banshee.
Short story by Samia Ahmed: ‘This is not an introduction, it’s a mating ritual. I am twenty-four and ripe for marriage.’