Aleksandra Ouwerkerk

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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“Cha-ching” by Aleksandra Ouwerkerk

Submitted to Contest #159

You know how they say that one may loose their tongue? Well, it kinda is more scary than you think. You see, in my world, all of your verbs are very precious. I live in a world where there is money, but it really doesn’t count. What does count is how many verbs you can say, you understand, you know. I live in a city called Mouthful. Ironic! I know! The thing is, that the city’s name have changed few times, even in my life time and it’s because of the patriots. The birthgivers who want their offspring to know where they come from. Forgi...

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“The Good Man” by Aleksandra Ouwerkerk

Submitted to Contest #158

It’s been one of those evenings, you know? My hands were shaking and I couldn’t get my head around what just occurred, over past few days. With my partner - Jake, we’ve been standing on the parking lot under one of these blinking lanterns and with shaking hands covered in mud, clothes ripped and shoes partially falling off our feet. He was passing me one of his sweat soaked, half-broken cigarettes and was trying to start off his favorite lighter. After sixth attempt that rusty, metal trinket finally took off and a flame lighted up my smoke. ...

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