Alexis Araneta

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

Stories (47)

47 Stories

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“Interior Design” by Alexis Araneta

Things to Take With You in Your New Townhouse:1.      500-Title Book Collection (Collection Started: 1993) – Place on the shelves --- painted lavender, of course --- all over the house. No need to differentiate between Graeme’s titles and yours. After all, when you told him all those years ago you wanted to live in a library, his quick response was “Can it be OUR library?”Copies of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, Muriel Barbery’s “The Elegance of a Hedgehog”, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry...

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“The Elopement Proposition” by Alexis Araneta

Hi, everyone ! Well, this is the first short story I've written in years, so I may be a little rusty. Basically, I'll be using Reedsy to get back into writing again. Either way, I hope you like it.**“Just how do I do this?” Alice asks herself as she looks out the window of a London cab.The gently falling snow is covering everything in a light, pristine white powder, as if stardust descended upon Brixton Hill. Normally, Alice would have watched every single snowflake fall as a smile of wonder crept across her face. After all, back in Luiseith...

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Author bio

Some corporate worker and unapologetic romantic living in Manila, Philippines resuscitating the writer in her. Embracing writing under her real name little by little. Always has a song in her head. May sometimes be in that anthology you're reading. Read me ramble: https://stellastaretoile.substack.com/ Hear me ramble in a strange accent: https://bluemarblestorytellers.com/podcast/im-yours-alexis-araneta/ See too much of my selfies and music posts: https://linktr.ee/cestmoiallie Come chat with us about writing, books, writing competitions...and dogs and bunnies (sometimes) : https://discord.gg/bxTWQw3HJR

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Contest #278
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