Anum Asi

Biography

Anum Asi is a writer from Karachi, Pakistan. An alumnus of the graduate program in creative writing at Cornell University, her work can be found in Litro Online, Cherry Tree, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere. 

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FICTION / Fall 2021

Litter

By Anum Asi ,  Illustration by Joey Yu

Nadia knows, when the mother leaves them, that they will die. They lurch from side to side, low on the ground, ears folded over into crinkled triangles. Claws soft, mouths brown with dirt, meowing in the damp soil of the flower bed.

Illustration by Joey Yu