Anna Popnikolova

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Tommy” by Anna Popnikolova

Submitted to Contest #244

The house hadn’t been warm in all the years I’d been there. We went once a month, every month, since I was young enough to remember, and it was always the same.It wasn’t that the heat was broken — Mom had sent electricians, a heating-and-cooling-expert to the house, taught her how to use the thermostat, and tried anything else under the sun. One month, Mom was so inspired as to load up the back of the minivan with grocery store firewood and hand deliver it once a week. She gave up when she realized Grandma was just carrying it and stacking i...

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“I Think You're The Problem” by Anna Popnikolova

Submitted to Contest #211

It was your ninth birthday and I forgot to get you a present. You were nine and knew everything. I remember all of this like it happened last week. It’s hard to imagine that you’re so old now, turning 25. That afternoon, I was laying on my stomach on the bed and you were jumping around my room with a blue balloon, trying to keep it from touching the hardwood. You were playing all by yourself and I was watching. The room was quiet and all I could hear was your breath every time you launched yourself into the air or across the room, you...

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Author bio

Hey! I like writing shorts and poetry and i spend a lot of time listening to music. My favorite poets are Richard Siken and Mary Oliver.