Autumn Shah

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“A Prayer for Queen Anne” by Autumn Shah

Submitted to Contest #80

“I’m telling you ma, I saw it with me own eyes!”  “You’ll not lie to me, boy! You couldn’t have been on the Tower Green on any day, let alone a day like today.” The boy was close to tears, not just from the boxing his mother had just dealt to his ears-nevermind that he knew she went lighter than she was able. He was strangely close to weepy trying to sort out what he had just witnessed.  Compounding his confusion was that his mother didn’t believe him. Could she not see it all over his face? Could she not see that he had been ch...

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“My Future MiL Gave to Me” by Autumn Shah

Submitted to Contest #73

The bird bobs its head at me, swaying back and forth. Is it trying to tell me something? Or is it dancing to some funky beat only it can hear?  What in the hell kind of bird is it anyways? Is this even legal? Why would anyone give me anything to take care of? I can’t even keep a cactus alive. The bird is staring at me now. It looks like it wants to tell me something. It’s looking me right in the eye, cocking its yellow head, a little fan sticking up on its head, and its orange cheeks puffing up somehow. I’m going to call it a he. I’m...

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Author bio

Hi there! I write narrative essays and fiction-particularly drawn to historical fiction. I live in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio with my husband, two teenage girls and a high-energy dog. I keep a blog and I am an Instagram lover.