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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020
Submitted to Contest #49
 I was suddenly woken up by a continuous ringing that echoed through my room. I sat up in the bed with haste, feeling my heart beat very fast. I wiped my face with the sleeve of my pyjama top and then proceeded to remove all the hair that got stuck to it. I looked around the room. It was dark. The tightly shut curtains didn’t allow any sun rays through, making it difficult to guess what time it was. I lazily located the clock which stood on a dresser in front of me. It was 7:00am. I didn’t remember setting the alarm for that time. The ...
Submitted to Contest #47
You’ve got a suitcase in hand and you’re on your way to the station. You’ve got a long way to go and the time is limited. The sky is covered in dark clouds and rain is pouring down on you furiously. It started raining just as you left but it was too late to go back for an umbrella. The rubbish is dancing with the wind in the narrow streets. You remember reading the weather forecast yesterday, checking it time and time again. It said it was going to be sunny, no rain at any point. You begin to think you might have been looking up the w...
Submitted to Contest #36
22/10/2014, Wednesday, 00:30 I can’t sleep. No surprises there. When was the last time I slept soundly through the night? Ugh I can’t even remember. Once I close my eyes all I see are nightmares. It’s so tiring. I wake up covered in sweat and unable to tell dreams from reality. And it’s not even that I dream of anything realistic. Although sometimes I do, and this is what I want this journal entry to be about. I had a dream yesterday about someone I used to love. We went to school together… I never had friends growing up and ...
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