Adelina Stoyanova

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Start with a cup of coffee” by Adelina Stoyanova

Submitted to Contest #127

''I came...'' '' Louder, please, I can not hear you. Don't worry, you have nothing to fear. " "I...I came for ...I have a..." " You have an appointment with me, as I understand it. You are Melissa, are you not? " " Yes, " the woman said, visibly relieved " yes, that is my name. " Amanda just had to sigh. She didn't call herself Amanda in here, of course, but lady Gwend...

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“All boys should play” by Adelina Stoyanova

Submitted to Contest #89

Charles was rolling down the hill : it was going slow at first, then his body gathered velocity, like an avalanche. Тhe lightness of the air made him burst into surprised laughter. Another outburst of laughter - that of a child - followed his.` Isn `` t - isn ` t this - great?`, asked Junior as they reached the bottom of the hill and came to a stop.` Surely beats walking down the damn thing `, answered Charles, still laughing. ` God, I haven`t felt this light, this weightless in...``...in too long `, interrupted ...

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“Even the mythical phoenix” by Adelina Stoyanova

Submitted to Contest #89

It has been awhile since I ` ve seen sunlight: it stabbed my eyes with its thousand stings of molten gold, leaving me more parched than ever. The two men by my sides were dragging me with them as they walked. My resistance had melted and my backbone had melted with it. The silhouette of a man in black was swimming before my eyes, getting closer with each second - an unlikely suitor waiting to invite me for a dance...

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“Down the well” by Adelina Stoyanova

Submitted to Contest #88

Running around the pond, the princess was laughing. Her hair was covered in leaves and dandelion seeds were floating in her trail. The goldfish in the water were trying to mimic her movements, darting in circles like frantic flecks of sun. A grey wolf with snow white specks on his muzzle was sitting not far away, watching the young girl run and laugh, and stop to catch her breath. ``````"It ` s not as good when ...

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“I saw deer” by Adelina Stoyanova

Submitted to Contest #79

Ten minutes to five. The ultimate dead hour; the only people who would enter the bar now would be garden-variety deadbeats, old ladies of the pearl-and-silk persuasion meeting for a coffee or some of the locals, who were drinking here for free. I was hoping for neither. Right now I was pinned down by the heavy hands of the wall clock, paralysed by the distilled silence spilling out of the crystal glasses arranged in neat pyramids; but in merely two hours I would be free.I would go outside. I would look at the dying sky. ...

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Author bio

One of those pretend grown-ups. I can clean the dishes, but learning how to levitate is still way more important to me. Since I`ve learned how to read and write, I`ve wanted to be a writer and an astronaut and now I`m neither, but at least I`m trying. The last thing that made me cry was a sea storm painting. P.S. I`m also into making magic wands atm.