Amruta Var

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

88 karma pts

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“Dream boy” by Amruta Var

Submitted to Contest #37

At first, just his eyes. Intense. Brown. Glowing. Thick browed. I saw them many times and knew them by heart. I could paint them to the last eyelid hairs if I were an artist. Trust me. If I were given a thousand brows or eyes or just the retinas or, in fact, the lines on his eyelids and surface of his eyes alone, I could pick his. That much I knew them. I knew them so well, and I knew them more than him. I never searched for his eyes on other’s faces because I knew, if those eyes were there, my eyes would need no google, I will spot them rig...

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“PG9$ Birth ONE” by Amruta Var

Submitted to Contest #36

Please note: The following journal entry of specimen PG9$ has been translated into a human code “English” incorporating human species understandable terms, upon specimen’s personal interest at the time of Karma Evaluation. (Post-life ONE).PG9$ Birth ONETime spent on Earth: 24 Earth hoursThis body took its first birth. I took my first birth as a first-degree human on Earth. Even before I took my first breath, pain ventured deep inside my flesh. I cried, also for the first time, as if to go back to where I had come from. I learned to breathe, ...

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“Mind-plode” by Amruta Var

Submitted to Contest #35

Mind-plodeAuuuuuh. Fresh air. It's nice to come out of the house once in a while. At least a short walk, like this, is refreshing. How long has it been since I have been coming out like this without carrying a diaper bag, pushing a stroller, or pampering a whining kid? Corona is terrible for sure, but for few creatures like the dolphins, fishes, trees, and me, it has done some good, I should say. With Vijay at home for a week, I am able to social distance from him and the kids for a while, just for a little over half hour though, b...

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Author bio

Writing to learn myself or Learning to write myself ☺️