FICTION
Italian Literature / Italian Fiction
FLASH FICTION
Invitation to an Unforgettable Meeting
by Elisa Mascia
(Translated from Italian)
Elizabeth – After waiting for the last ray of sun to disappear, diving in the depths of the sea. She put on a princely dress, painted with rainbows and woven with golden threads to welcome the invitation to an elegant meeting under a sky dotted with secret dreams, shimmering reflections in the refuge of the soul that does not give up on looking for its lucky star even behind the rain clouds.
Together with Benjamin they run, leaving their fast footprints imprinted on the sand, foaming waves take care of erasing until no one will ever know of that chance meeting far from prying eyes that they have tried to dismantle in several attempts that have often failed.
Their feeling is infinite, Elizabeth says, and Benjamin reinforces her saying: “I love you even more than infinity”.
If this is not true love, where could we look for it?
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(Self-translation from ITALIAN)
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Elisa Mascia
Born in Santa Croce di Magliano (Cb) in 1956, she lives in San Giuliano di Puglia (Cb), Italy. She is a retired teacher, poet, writer, declaimer, reviewer, juror at cultural events, and cultural manager around the world. She has participated in many national and international poetry competitions, obtaining prizes, certificates of participation, merits and honorable mentions.
Work:
In 2019, Elisa Mascia published her first collection of poems in the Silloge entitled “𝘓𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢” (The Grater of the Moon) with “𝘓’𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰”. Elisa Mascia has published the poetic anthology “𝘓𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢” (Savage Wind) (poetic translation of the book by Asoke Kumar Mitra) in 2023. In 2024 she published the poetic collection “𝘛𝘳𝘢 𝘭’𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘦 𝘭’𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰” (Between the infinite and the immense) and “Mental Interconnection”.
Elisa Mascia is Italy Coordinator – Director of Events and ommunications, Administrator of the Albap Academy. Member of the Writers Capital Foundation International and Italian Coordinator of PILF: 2022-2023-2024 and PIAF 2022 – 2023, Head of the Hagiography Iconography International Biennial of the Writers Capital Foundation International 2023, Author, Artist, Cultural Promoter, Member of the Organizing Committee of International Literature Panorama Festivals, Editor of www.writersedition.com “The Complete Magazine” – Italy.
Since May 2024 Elisa Mascia has been a member of Ciesart by the president Lily Baylon Escritora, with the attribution of the member identification number. She was co-host of the program En Alas del Fénix and collaborator of Radio Krysol Internazionale with video-declamations of her poems and those of other authors in Italian and Spanish. .
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