Arizain St Paul

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“And Every Road I Take, Leads Me Back to You” by Arizain St Paul

“You don’t think he’s fallen in the toilet again, do you?”Well, third times the charm.I snort, meeting Mom’s eyes across the middle console, my head still resting on the steering wheel. I’m sure my own eyes widen a fraction. Maybe the third time isn’t the charm.“He’d have the world record for that happening at this point.”Mom hums a tune she makes up on the spot. Or one that’s years over my head. She flips the vanity mirror open and tilts her headscarf that I just spent thirty minutes fixing. It is a loud, multicoloured fabric and it is in n...

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“Whose Truth?” by Arizain St Paul

Submitted to Contest #105

I squirm in my seat for the thousandth time.Mom looks at me sharply from her peripheral view, Dad on her right side, stopping any further intervention. There is no room for my movement on the church bench. The church is brimming with people, brimming with cries, and brimming with memories. It’s suffocating.I don’t want to be here.Jackson doesn’t want to be here, either. The usual smile on his face is missing and I’m sure the twinkle in his eyes isn’t there, but I can’t be sure because his eyes have been closed. His eyes were his tell; whenev...

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“Docile” by Arizain St Paul

Submitted to Contest #104

“Are you coming tonight?” The words cut through the darkness of Jade’s room, illuminating her face as she reads them. She groans and looks out the window to the street below. It’s from Claudia. Claudia has messaged her like this numerous times over the past month. Jade’s phone screen shows that it’s a very one-sided conversation but she’ll go anyway. There is a chill in the air when she escapes her taxi. Her heels crunch the gravel to the entrance of Excentrique restaurant and bar. She’s on autopilot, her feet deft...

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Author bio

Someone who is trying to write more often