There are all sorts of elements in these three stories which appeal to me: e.g. absurdism, imagination, humour, deviousness. All three main characters have something that makes them an outcast, sometimes hit hard by their reality, but with unexpected twists that usually make you either smile or wonder which trick has been played on you.
The young man sighed, and pulled the plastic container nearer. ‘Well then, I’ll have what you’ve left.’ And he ripped open Asa’s cellophane wrapper.
In an instant, air filled every cell of Asa’s being. Joyfully, deeply, she breathed it in.
The young man grasped Asa by the arms and split her in two. Snap! What a pleasurable sound. A sign that now it would all begin. Asa knew what to do next without even having to be told. Taking a deep breath, she spread her arms wide, and plunged them straight into the warm white rice. Gathering a good heap of it, she heard the young man release a cry of joy as he opened his mouth. Asa let out a cry too, as she dived straight in.
He ate it!
