Cindy Pereira

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

Stories (6)

6 Stories

121 karma pts

?

“The Stampede” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #122

Well now, what can I say? It is an annoying experience to be caught in a traffic jam. There’s dust, there’s smoke, and there are fumes and vapours, blaring horns, angry engines, whining motors, swears and curses, heat, sweat and impatience. Have you ever been in a cattle drive that has stampeded? I most surely have not; that sort of experience is confined to those who inhabit the Prairie and the Pampas and the Downs, but I will take the liberty to draw comparisons – we are in the middle of a cattle drive where the swirling dust has been repl...

Read story

“Rain Dance” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #77

I don’t live in a climate that snows; but the rain can catch you off guard. Here's my story: About 15 years ago, in the heat of summer, my two older brothers, a cousin, a close friend, who was later to become my husband, and a sister-in-law, went out on a one night’s camp to the Cauvery River, just over the hill from my Nan’s farm in Sivasamudram. It was my first camp out in the wilderness, and after a lot of deliberation to go here and go there, and climb this hill, and scale that fort, we all said that it would be a great idea to camp o...

Read story

“Over The Edge” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #76

“You dropped him home?” “Yes.” “Good! He’s a trouble causer. Pete is just a trouble causer.” “He was just drunk. That’s all.” “Aggressive. I think he started the fight. I can’t believe he hit his wife.” “Well, how do you except he’d react – when he sees Eliza flouncing in to Carrie’s wedding reception, hanging on to the arm of some other bloke?” “I think they’re headed for Splits-Ville.” “Fat chance. He owns part of her estate. If they decide to break up, they’ll have to split that property, and neither wants to give the other ...

Read story

“Passing Through Desert Rose” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #75

It was a wide, baked plain west of the Badlands, deep in the heart of the Arizona Country. Against the pitiless, brassy glare of the mid-afternoon sun, the striking white of the settlement walls could be seen like a haze against the barren landscape. A few fingers of cacti and clumps of mesquite grass grew in the harsh soil, if soil it could be termed, otherwise for miles the desert stretched on, north, south and east of the Badlands, like an ocean of white against the pale blue of the sky.“Shore is a one-eyed burg, Ol’ Hoss,” a young rider ...

Read story

“A Top-Ten List of Stories to Write” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #74

One“What you lookin’ at?”It was a sweet voice that asked the question, and one that he was very familiar with. It sounded so normal in the room, in his home and in his life that he didn’t even turn. He only answered, his eyes fixed on the newspapers:“The obituary that they have inserted here. Even though the picture is black and white, it looks so bright and beautiful.”“Really?” was the reply he got, and he nodded as a tear rolled down his cheek.“I don’t know how I’ll go on now,” he muttered as he ran his fingers over the picture.“You will,”...

Read story

“Like Five Gold Rings” by Cindy Pereira

Submitted to Contest #73

Susan was quite a nice-looking girl. Rather, she was perfect looking. I have never seen a young lady with such flawlessly formed features. Her face was oval, dusky and her eyes were like those of a doe. She had straight dark hair that glistened and framed her doll-like features perfectly. Yes – she was a living, walking, breathing Barbie doll. Yes, Barbie with the face and body shape to match. And she was not wanting in intellect. She was smart, spoke with authority and did her job to perfection. At that time, I was employed as a senior...

Read story

Author bio

Cindy Pereira, born and raised in Bangalore, India prefers to be called a story teller rather than a writer. Her love for making up stories began at a very young age when her dolls became the actors for scripts written in her mind. This turned to writing in middle school when she and her best friend hand wrote stories for each other, complete with binding and cover pages. Some of her stories spark out of actual life events and some are just yarns. Cindy loves to take part in short story competitions and has participated in several within India and internationally. She is the winner of the Second place in the 18+ age group category of Lockdown Diaries, (organized by Secure Giving in aid of Concern India Foundation), in the Short Story segment held in July 2020. Cindy has a Master’s Degree in English Literature and loves to trek, run and just ‘catch the sun.’ She is married and lives with her husband in Bangalore.