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Afia Mubasshira MOMI

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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Enslaved Freedom: Echoes of a lost world

Submitted to Contest #255

The rhythmic singing of crickets used to lull me to sleep; perhaps now even that music is banned. I used to sleep in pitch-black darkness, and now it's everywhere, but I can’t sleep. I stay awake almost all night, dive into my memory lane, and think about the past, where there was life.      I sit on the couch, torn and old, that once greeted guests with its shiny velvet at parties. I took the book from the side table again. The book's original cover was stripped away, replaced by a crudely handwritten label, 'N...

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The Lifesaver

1The worst thing in Ama’s life just happened today. Ama stared blankly at the ceiling, feeling like a hollow shell in her bed. It seemed she was becoming paralyzed like her mom; she couldn’t move, never could. She started to think about herself when the car accident stole her father when she was 13. She thought nothing worse could happen than that. But she was wrong. The aftermath was worse.All their relatives abandoned her and her 8-year-old brother, Sam. The only one who took responsibility was old Grandpa. The day she had to leave sc...

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