Anon M

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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“Nan” by Anon M

Submitted to Contest #102

The school bus always dropped me off at the corner of my nanny’s house. Bus 535. It was always sticky, and my light-up sneakers always stuck to the aisle. My best friend was on that bus. We got off at the same bus stop; she lived down the street. Nanny would always be waiting at the house, ready to fill my stomach with chocolate pudding or cinnamon-sugar toast. My little brother was already there, not yet school age. My older sisters would be there too, having come home an hour earlier from high school. We’d play outside on the swingset. To ...

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“Collation” by Anon M

Submitted to Contest #101

They shaved my head. Took my belongings. I brought the pocket watch my dad gave me. They took that too. They even took my clothes. They gave us numbers like we were some kind of cattle they were herding. They took my sister’s life, my little sister. They took my mother, she wasn’t even given a chance. They took my father, I found that out through some cousins. They took my dignity, my pride, my love. But they didn’t take my will. The word nāśā in Hebrew means "forgiveness or pardon of sin." Growing up, we were told to forgive when somebody ...

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