The Window

Standing outside the ornate window, he watched her father give his daughter’s hand in marriage to someone else. Slowly he reached into his pocket and touched the cold metal, sliding his fingers over its heavy weight. His uncle had given him the metal piece when he was young, for protection. Through the fronds, vines and elaborate window coverings, he silently watched his beloved take the hand of her newly betrothed. Out of his pocket he took the sacred, miniature kavacha (holy pendant) that would enable him to bear his grief. Someday, he vowed, he would win her back.

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This story is about: Suspense

Ellen Fisch

Ellen Fisch was born and raised in Brooklyn, NYC. At a young age, Fisch began to use observations of her surroundings combined with her imaginative curiosity to create new and wonderful worlds. This all began when Fisch, aged 4, looked through an elaborate brass vent into her backyard and imagined that she had discovered a secret garden. Throughout years of studying photography, drawing, architecture and painting, Fisch learned to seamlessly blend the interdisciplinary arts into her photography. Later, as a professional photographer, artist and architectural draftsman, Fisch honed her skills in the vital mastery of sharing her distinctive visions with others.