Sunday, November 23, 2025

A Suitable Match By Basil Rosa, The November 2025 Featured Story In The Bloomin' Onion


Too cruel is life to those aged beyond their years.



A sincere humble thank you to editors Daniel Groves and Leah Harter at The Bloomin' Onion for featuring my Basil Rosa story, A Suitable Match in the November 15th, 2025 issue of their magazine.

The story is now available on the Featured Archives pages. Here is a direct link: www.thebloominonion.com/a-suitable-match-basil-rosa

This links to the The Bloomin' Onion home page: https://www.thebloominonion.com/short-stories-home

Here is the story's opening paragraph:


A Suitable Match

by Basil Rosa

Cruelty and the teen experience are often synonymous, and Najam’s harelip and long hooked nose made him an easy target. I didn’t know if he was devout, nor did I doubt he felt like an outsider. When I asked my daughter Georgina about him, she replied with a note of defensive incivility, sounding a lot like Clare, her mother, that organized religion was never what anybody’s God had in mind. I could no longer make Georgina attend mass or pray for Najam. Neither could Clare. Accepting limitations is one of those difficult lessons each parent learns....

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A Suitable Match By Basil Rosa, The November 2025 Featured Story In The Bloomin' Onion

Too cruel is life to those aged beyond their years. A sincere humble thank you to editors Daniel Groves and Leah Harter at The Bloomin' ...