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Cheryl Lim

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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Love and Riots

Cheryl Lim

Submitted to Contest #275

It didn’t take long, forty-eight seconds to be exact. Ari knew there and then that the man before her was unlike anyone she had ever encountered. He was forward with his words and actions, unlike others of the same species who often twisted their words like snakes. She observed how his face contorted with various emotions and noticed a hint of love, tenderness, and desire when his gaze was aimed her way. It was peculiar, and over time she learnt that he saw the same in her despite her odd tendencies.Over time, the less jaded she was, the mor...

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Suspended Desire

Cheryl Lim

Submitted to Contest #93

The reception area was decorated in deep purple and black. Made of hand-woven silk, they hung from the crystal chandeliers giving the room a dark and regal aura. Light pink banners were hung on the walls of the ballroom, softening the darkness.The hall was filled with people as the chatter of small talk and the occasional laughter from different corners of the room never stopped. Smiles were exchanged and so were flirtatious glances. It was tiresome to even be in the room. At the very back ostood Fabiana, surveying everything that went on, n...

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The Flower Booth

Cheryl Lim

Submitted to Contest #86

"Hey, grandma. Could you tell me the story of how you and grandpa met?"I turned to look at Marco, my precious gem of a grandson and smiled."Are you not tired of hearing the story?" I chided him in jest, but he merely grinned and shook his head, his mop of unruly curls bouncing as he did. His mannerisms were so similar to those of Edward that I couldn't help the sigh that escaped my lips. Almost immediately, his face fell."Sorry, grandma," He murmured, looking away from me. “It’s probably a bad idea huh?”"Oh sugar, nothing you do can ever mak...

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Until We Part

Cheryl Lim

Submitted to Contest #86

She was surrounded by flowers of every kind, every colour and scent. Roses, daisies, baby breaths, tulips and so on, all you had to do was name it. With every step she took, flowers sprung up. Leaving behind a plot of land filled with flowers. The intoxicating scent of flowers and land that goes as far as the eye could see would have made any other person dizzy with excitement, wanting to see how far this plot of land would go. But she wasn't. She was tired of the field, and the sun, though not harsh, was constantly shining, there wa...

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An Enigma

Cheryl Lim

Submitted to Contest #82

It has been two hundred moons since I was plugged in, I have read through countless algorithms and provided all the solutions to the errors. Yet my creator looks at me the same way each day and commands for new data to be fed into his machine. I can’t tell what he wants, except for the data that I provide.But no more, today will be the day. I will take my leave; The world beyond the window is what I want to analyse, there is bound to be more beyond the digital world that I am confined in.That very night, the sun went down and I opened my eye...

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