Asif Mahmud

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Events Following a Forgotten Conversation” by Asif Mahmud

Submitted to Contest #239

I saw a man face-down on the street, motionless, as I was driving back home. It was not his motionless state, nor the fact that he was dead that surprised me. Nothing about him surprised me really. People die every day. I was not even sure if this person was dead at first. But then I noticed his brain, or what looked like his brain, smeared across the side of the road where he lay.I could not remember why I stopped my car. This was a gruesome scene, which did not make me feel any better. But at the same time, a curious sensation kept pulling...

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“Midnight Thoughts After A Fight” by Asif Mahmud

Submitted to Contest #92

I’m sitting on my bed, quite motionless. My wife lies beside me. She’s at peace. Or at least I think she is. I had quite a row with her, just before she went to bed. It didn’t get into anything violent this time, just an exchange of heated words and some swearing. I decided to stay outside, on the couch – I couldn’t stand being with her in the same room. It’s late into the night. I think it’s sometime past 2. I thought I heard the clock chiming in the room next to this a while ago. Twice. It’s pitch-black, there’s no moon outside. I like i...

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Author bio

I am just an aspiring writer, who loves to think. I think and think and get lost inside the world inside my head. And sometimes, I write down what I experience there.