Chitra Pandey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

Stories (2)

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“The Waffle Maker” by Chitra Pandey

Submitted to Contest #258

“I can’t see it, Gran!” I shouted at the floorboards of the attic.“It should be in the left corner, maybe on top of the boxes.” She called back sweetly.I cursed myself as I ran into another cobweb on my left. It was my fault that I suddenly craved waffles and accidentally told this to my very old, very sweet Grandma. Now I was on my fours, deep in decades worth of dust and junk, in an attic that has never been cleaned in its existence. I itched to scrub down every inch of it and organize it to my satisfaction. I didn’t even want th...

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“A Freshman’s Guide to Performing Shakespeare (Poorly)” by Chitra Pandey

Submitted to Contest #257

Step 1: Pick a great tragedy and a bunch of people who don’t wanna do itKelly picked a piece of paper from the bag that was being passed around by Mrs. P. King Lear, it said. A tragedy. Not bad. she thought. After all her life was pretty tragic at the moment. She adjusted her glasses and looked around as the rest of her class picked slips that revealed the name of the play they would be performing. Once everyone had been allocated plays, the teacher started calling out each play’s name.“King Lear” she called. Six people, inclu...

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Author bio

Hi! My name is Chitra and I have spent the last decade of my life being extremely reasonable. I am now taking a break from all the rationality, and doing whatever I wanted to do as a child. So here I am, trying to tell you the stories that I have in my head. The next plan of action is to be an astronaut.