Ariana Monteab

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“Loren and Grandpa” by Ariana Monteab

Submitted to Contest #78

As I pour coffee into my favorite black mug, I recall the time I went on vacation to my grandparents' place. I was quite young at that time, barely 8 years old, but I was aware of my surroundings. Their place was built at the beginning of the 20th century, when my grandma's father, my grand grandfather, was still a young man. Whenever I think of their house, I remember the smell of wood and incense, and I can't help but remember all those landscape paintings on their house's walls. Since her father died, my grandma had been collecting those ...

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“Oblivion” by Ariana Monteab

Submitted to Contest #57

Trigger warning: suicide   Since I was a child, I always wondered what would happen to me when I die. Would I simply be ashes? Or would somebody notice my absence? Sometimes the scary idea of disappearing from the memories of everyone I loved was what made me think twice about some decisions that crossed my mind. I learned the hard truth of humankind: we are inevitably afraid of oblivion. I learned that in a way that nobody could ever imagine. I was so afraid of being forgotten by everyone that I did something terrible. I was in my...

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Author bio

I'm a writer who has been interested in writing stories since many years ago. My goal is to be able to captivate people with my stories, and maybe publish my novels one day. I mostly write about drama and romance mixed with a bit of fantasy and tragedy, but I would like to explore other genres in the future.