Abdo Jamal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Rat Has Caught the Cat” by Abdo Jamal

Submitted to Contest #67

I just sat there and mused for a moment. It all flashed so fast. It was head-scratching; damn, it was head-spinning! I knew that the physique, the haircut, and the new job have boosted my confidence as well as my status—but to the point where she’s the one that ends up making the first approach! Damn, that was unthinkable! unimaginable even! Okay, okay, we get it—you’re thrilled, you’re excited, your heart is beating against your ribs that it might break them—yeah, at this point my heart could’ve overpowered even bones— but you need to slow ...

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“The Packless Alpha” by Abdo Jamal

Submitted to Contest #64

An eccentric kid, with his eccentricity accentuated by people’s normalcy. Extreme normalcy I may say. Fascinating, how something in its very essence indicates moderation, and at the same time can be extreme. Extreme moderation. Why such a term doesn’t run on tongues as the isolated term “extreme” does? Extreme moderation could be more dangerous than eccentricity. Actually, extreme normalcy is a dangerous kind of eccentricity. Then, it follows, that he’s an eccentric kid that is surrounded by eccentric people. So what makes him stand out if t...

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“A Bird’s Vacation Plans” by Abdo Jamal

Submitted to Contest #63

The view is familiar. Familiar it was, but not appealing. A view I saw a hundred times, and I looked away from it perhaps two times that number; as in each occasion, I look away once, then my eyes come to rest at it again, then the second looking-away comes, and so it goes.Detestable? I wouldn’t exactly say so, as I’m not one to detest, or at least that’s what I try to be. Migration was always my least favorite part of the year, so are the places over which I fly during these migration trips. They remind me of the goodbyes I had to utter to ...

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In love with words.