Dafni Ma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Musings” by Dafni Ma

Submitted to Contest #266

I swore I would never be like my family. Growing up, my parents were a constant source of embarrassment and the cause of my bullying at school. The only thing they said to me when I came back crying was: “They don’t understand. Forgive them.”It’s funny how the words of Jesus were used to cover up their unholy acts which led to my crappy childhood. It’s also funny how the kids who were making fun of me somehow had the stupidest accidents after a while. By the time I was in the last class, there were too many accidents to ignore, and no one wa...

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“Re: Dear John” by Dafni Ma

Submitted to Contest #34

Liz Malory lizmalory89@yahoo.com                                        Thu, 31 October at 12:35 a.m.To:john_c_malory@yahoo.comDear John,This is not a Dear John letter. In fact, it’s not a letter, it’s an email. I find it difficult to write with pen and paper nowadays. I also don’t live in the 16th century, so there’s that as well.Forgive me. I ...

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“Rome Once” by Dafni Ma

Submitted to Contest #33

FridayAlexander doesn’t fall in love, alright? Just so you know.Apart from not falling in love, today he is flying to Rome to a rhinoplasty convention. Yes, he is a plastic surgeon. He redresses human ugliness, literally.Also, he’s not the least bit scared of airplanes, so we’ll skip the part of boarding and getting off one.Just a sec, we might pause briefly at the getting off part.A blonde passed by as he was alighted at the Eternal City. He stared at her and when she noticed, he shifted his gaze to the ground. We can now move on.The c...

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“Cheating” by Dafni Ma

Submitted to Contest #32

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ERIN HALLChapter 1‘Keep a distance, you idle dog’, she said steadily and with a voice that seemed to belong to someone else. He held his hand in front of his chest, burning from the sudden strike it had just received. ‘I have kept my silence and good humour while we were in the company of our respectable friends, but that does not mean that I have forgiven you in any sort of way’. He tried a shocked face that looked more like a mask than an expression. ‘And,’ she continued, ‘I don’t believe that you think me stupid enoug...

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