Ashwin Noveau

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Sorrow” by Ashwin Noveau

Submitted to Contest #103

It is in every corner and crevice you'll ever see, it is hidden in the pits of despair you'll eventually end in. You'll find it in every breathless sob you'll see and in every notion of history. Maybe not at first, maybe not at all, maybe never, but if you're a little bit like her the moment you see it might come sooner than later. The truth is, when she began seeing it, there wasn't a moment she couldn't not acknowledge it. Even from the corner of her eye, no matter where no matter when. It began unsuspectingly, almost unnoticed, a...

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“A price of power” by Ashwin Noveau

Submitted to Contest #51

To live in this world there is one thing one like yourself must know. It's more like a law of nature than a thing that could be cast away. Perhaps it would be better to show you. We go back to the very start of the mess we're in. A mess that I started. A mess that my powers started. A mess. This story does not begin with a corrupted government or a big bad to defeat. No, this story begins in a field. This story began with a deal, a deal only a fool would make. A deal that I made. "Do you wish it?"Asked the tiny creature d...

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“Starry regrets” by Ashwin Noveau

Submitted to Contest #51

The stars were her greatest friends and her greatest enemies at a time. For they provided comfort in the darkest of nights but for all the comfort they gave they also hurt her just the same. For they reminded her of everything that happened. They reminded her of everything she has lost. Everything she had had and hated. Everything from the smallest thing to the biggest pain. Gazing upon them she couldn't help but ache for the lost time. Lost everything. It wasn't the type of ache you got after a few tumbles and scratches. Or even the typ...

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“Summer Wonders” by Ashwin Noveau

Submitted to Contest #50

Maybe it was the way the sun reflected in the water or the way it shined through the leaves, but that old summer afternoon, when you could just feel the heat in your lungs leave you while the sunset approached. That summer afternoon she just knew. Maybe it's to say she knew for a while. Nobody wanted to know before, least of all her. But in that moment, surrounded by her childhood haven. There was no need in denying it The faint laughter of the children could be heard as it was carried in the wind and it only made her sadder. As if sh...

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