Kirsten Imani Kasai's Writings
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Short Story
Jan.21.2009
Lucrezia Magazine
A hot yellow circle of light dances across my skin. Tethered to the flashlight's phallic end, the light is an extension of her hands, her thoughts, and her desire. The light rings itself in pink, catching the cherry glisten of blood beneath my thin skin, the deeper red-gray of tiny capillaries strung like fishing line, an intricate netting suturing dermis to...
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Short Story
Aug.12.2008
Flask and Pen Literary Magazine, November 2007
Zola is a performer, an ocean inside a girl, an actress vying for a part. Her personality is in flux; constantly evolving, she is a fluid creature who adapts to the tenor of a relationship. Never the same person twice, she is a mythical changeling, the devil’s baby from the dark heart of the woods. Those who wish to be saved must set out charms and recite...
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Short Story
Aug.12.2008
Flask and Pen Literary Magazine, October 2007
I remember love, that slippery elusive feeling, delicate as butterfly's wings and just as capable of making the body soar. I force myself to remember because otherwise, the sacrifice was for naught. How pretty I was then! Small and innocent with fleece of captured clouds. Like savory alfalfa and gentle meadowsweet, so was my life. An endless vista stretched...
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Lyrical, forlorn, dreamlike and painfully passionate fiction...(with a kinky bonus)”
—Paul Goat Allen & (The Advocate)
About Kirsten
KIRSTEN IMANI KASAI writes dark fantasy, sci-fi, horror and erotica. Kasai’s exploration of duality is influenced by her diverse, multi-ethnic background. Currently, she is an editor, writing coach, speaker, and discussion panelist and moderator....
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