FlashBack Fiction published this ‘historical’ flash story in March 2022. There’s also a recording of me reading it aloud, and a Q and A about the story’s gestation.
ENKIDU’S HARLOT
Back then I was a legend in Uruk, the top of my profession. They called me queen of harlots. When rumours of Enkidu first reached us, I was planning my retirement.
Fiction Writing by Patience Mackarness 