In the stillness I—
am a fierce female; a body
of fiery atoms.
In the stillness I—
am a fierce female; a body
of fiery atoms.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.





Disclaimer: By an auntie-ji who knows nothing, except she did get married in her thirties so that may count for something, but in truth she

Burning brightly through the window The sun’s ray cut into space Warming every inch Filling it to its brim Crackling kindly from below The fire
I nod politely, my eyes shift towards the green street sign a hundred feet away the table chatter about potty training and sleepless nights and

Monsoon Season by Sonia Chintha Illustration by Wendy Nogales Edited by Parivash Fahim Goff & Andrea Nevin A fire was born at midnight in monsoon