Ditika Sharma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The First Time I Saw Him” by Ditika Sharma

Submitted to Contest #96

I still remember the first time I saw him. Saffron hair glistening beneath the scorching flare of a mid-afternoon sun, like bubbles erupting through a flute of champagne or, perhaps, like languid flames nestled inside a beige fireplace. Eyebrows knitted, as he pored over a thick paperback resting between long fingers adorned with a smattering of sliver rings and a thin sheen of flaxen hair. This was the first time I saw him. Heart in my throat, rhythmic beats reverberating across my chest, finding it hard to swallow. Watching h...

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“What Truly Matters” by Ditika Sharma

Submitted to Contest #93

Even before my flatscreen flew out the window, or the black out curtains in the living room caught fire, way before the cream tiles next to the bathtub were massacred by the weight of broken ceramic falling in a massive chunk or my hair was caught up in a bubble gum love affair -- ahead of all this, Rachel Monroe had already bled to death on my stark white chaise lounge. Now let me tell you something: this piece was a true furniture masterpiece, the kind that was welcoming and snug with a magnetic spirit that accentuated the essence of a ...

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