Angela Kaufman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

Stories (3)

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“Still Life in The Life Room” by Angela Kaufman

Still Life in the Life RoomI see red.The colour shocks me with its brightness, like the front door I walked through this morning when I arrived at the studio.But this is liquid and it’s sitting there in my undergarments. Vermilion, the artist would call it. From crushed insects. Blood red.But this is my blood.I hear myself grunt.Like a pig, or the feuding dogs down the stinking alle...

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“Donna Summer isn't my real name” by Angela Kaufman

Submitted to Contest #109

(Warning: Mild adult content)Donna Summer isn’t my real name, the email began. I can’t tell you my real name, I can’t afford to do that, it went on.So, there’s me, all huddled up under my cosy, winter-tog duvet, still basking in the glow of my new job.All the girls get called the name of the singer of the song they’re dancing to, she wrote, (me assuming she was a she).True, it hadn’t been easy getting there and I still had a whopping loan to pay off...

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“Home” by Angela Kaufman

Submitted to Contest #108

The boy looked down over the splintered deck where his toes dangled and drew a deep breath. The long waves, in one slow-motion salute, lapped and clapped on the side of the boat and the boy suddenly felt very small. He braced his shoulders and looked south. All he had to do was jump. He felt a fresh gust of energy, strange for this late in the day, after a whole week’s work in the elements, with only a thin and wo...

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Author bio

A lover of life, laughing and love! I love being inspired and I'm crazy about art, dance, languages and everything else in between. Always searching for the big picture as the small details unfold...