Aafia Hanya

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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2 Stories

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“"The Sugared Love"” by Aafia Hanya

Submitted to Contest #71

The picture fell from the wall as her daughter slammed the door of the house, rushing towards her school bus. Sighing ruefully, she walked to the frame. Skipping over the glass shards, she picked up the broken portrait. She walked to the sofa and sat down, scanning the faces on the photo. The loving face of her mother, her eyes twinkling, looking up at her with a huge smile. Her father leaning on a chair, smiling at the laughing girl sitting on her grandma’s lap, who was seated on the chair.   She exhaled deeply. It was her grandma...

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“S-T-I-C-K” by Aafia Hanya

Submitted to Contest #65

Look, I really didn’t really want to be a walking stick, but it wasn’t much of my choice. It all happened so quickly, before I could even say STICK.  My first mistake after shifting here was going trick or treat out on Halloween for the very first and last time. We had shifted to Cane village near fall. No idea why, we were happy in our previous town, more like I was. I was very different from other kids, or the other kids were very weird, kind of spooky. My first Halloween had been awkward…. there were just a few kids roaming on the s...

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"She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live." -Annie Dillard. đź’ś