Dera N

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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“There Are No Heroes Here” by Dera N

Submitted to Contest #45

Ifediora said the time had come.Because the herders had moved into our farms, and their cows had begun to covet our crops, as our mothers had feared; and their bullets had begun to find new homes in our skulls, as our fathers had predicted. Nobody knew when they moved into our village. Our king had assured us they’d only stay for a few days, but then the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months; and the killing and coveting began. The police had no one to arrest because they never found them guilty; If you’d get proof, we’ll make ...

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“The Birthday Party” by Dera N

Submitted to Contest #42

But now that Mum has placed a half iced cake on the dining table, Mary has barely begun to set the stereo speakers up. “Don’t forget to get the balloons”, she says to Kenny, who has just entered the living room, after getting the generator running – partially running, since according to him, its plug has developed a fault, therefore, can only power a few appliances at a time. “Go sit on the couch, Jerry”, she says to me. “You’re taking up the space we need to work here”. When I had woken up this morning to torrents of Happy Birthdays floatin...

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“Static” by Dera N

Submitted to Contest #36

2:30 a.m. March 16, 2020.Some nights the crickets chirp louder than before. Some nights like tonight. I wonder why. Are they as despondent as the many humans wrapped up in one nightmare or the other?Yesterday, I saw a kid overdose on OxyContin. And his younger brother who had found him screamed and screamed, and you could see the terror and uncertainty in his nine year old eyes. When the paramedics had arrived and rushed into his room, their mother had tried to shield the little boy from the trauma, but he had already been traumatized. He ha...

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