Dani Rei

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“How to Survive Falling in Love” by Dani Rei

Submitted to Contest #79

I was on the street for three years before I met him. A boney, blonde kid joined the crowd during my street performance. He was pale, bruised, and quiet. He stayed behind when the crowd dispersed and I collected my coins. We didn’t speak the same language, so I almost shrugged him off, but his eye was bruised, and it tugged at my heart strings. I know that kind of bruise, and that look of fear in his eyes. I couldn’t leave him. Curse my good boy nature. I shared my food, and we exchanged words of our own languages, doing our best to build c...

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“Ambition” by Dani Rei

Submitted to Contest #72

It’s the guardian’s job to protect. Each person lives and dies by the dates of the Creator. Those times are hard on us, but it’s a necessary part of the job. My girl’s time is coming. I can only watch, invisible at her window, as she sits in bed with an IV in her arm, and some friends surrounding her. Claire’s become so frail that she’s trapped here in the hospital. She’s wearing a hospital gown and a pink bandana to cover the hair loss. “They still don’t have a diagnosis?” One friend asks. “No,” she responds. “They think it’ll kill me if I’...

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