Trauma and Memory in Risa Peris's Short Story "The Flood"

Abstract: Risa Peris is a contemporary US based short story writer, screenwriter and poet. She is self-employed, successful creative writer and business person. Risa is the founder and chief writer for The 200 Word Short Story. The short story “The Flood” (2020) is written in 420 words that gives snippety account of the rain, flood, husband-wife relationship and the tragedy that hits the family. Dale, her husband, is a farmer who succumbs to death in the flood as he rushes to save his animals from the flood, whereas, the narrator, helplessly observes the dead body of her husband floating on water. The flood makes her realise the strange relationship between them. The present paper attempts to trace the trauma caused by the flood and the consequent irreparable loss. The flood makes realise that life is uncertain and human being spend time without communicating their love and care for each other