Yubi: A Love Story

by Mary Maddox

Daniele is a loner. The way she looks at it, who needs other people when you can read a good book? Worried about her reclusive ways, her brother gives her a parakeet so she won’t be altogether alone. She takes the bird reluctantly and names him Yubi. To her surprise Daniele enjoys having Yubi around. Then Yubi begins a romantic courtship of Daniele, and she finds herself unable to resist his bold advances. The pair settle into a happy relationship — until Daniele steps out into the world and begins dating her boss.

Now she becomes torn between two lovers. One of whom is very jealous.

“Yubi” is a short story with comedy, mild erotic content, and a touch of magical realism.

PLEASE NOTE: "Yubi: A Love Story" is a short story of 6400 words. It was first published in Yellow Silk: A Journal of the Erotic Arts.

20 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2015

Reviews

[The Half-blood Reader]

I was given a free review copy by the author in exchange for an honest review.

I actually don't know what to think about this short story. I understand Daniele's solitary personality and her love for the bird to a certain extent. But I don't know whether to be disturbed about her letting Yubi mate with her hand, or to tolerate the fact she is letting a caged by the human hand animal indulge itself in its own loneliness and lack of its kind.
Her relationship with Cam makes absolutely no sense to me, and neither does her calmness when he hurts her beloved bird. I would be screaming "Get out of my house, you brute!".