Ephinia Black

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“Plane Delay” by Ephinia Black

***Beware the story contains some gory and sacrificial scenes*** The word unlucky is a tricky one. Was it made to describe a person or a scenario? Well, think no further my brilliant scientist family assumed I was unlucky when I became a marketing employee. You should have seen their faces when I went to college; if you didn’t know them you’d think that I’d just killed our cat, in front of their faces. On the bright side, the job I got was at the opposite end of the globe. The Philippines. Sadly, this doesn’t excuse me from family gather...

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“Black Thread” by Ephinia Black

Submitted to Contest #100

I was part of this big beautiful family, "picture perfect", they said. Every word you said, analysed. Every decision you made, analysed. Every book you read, you guessed it, analysed. I hated it! My cousins and their beautiful frame, or my sister being praised for her Albert Einstein level achievements. Nothing I did was good enough for them. It was that time of year when everyone gathered in my grandmother's old dusty house to await their award for the sky-high tasks they've completed. I was the ugly duckling walking in their shadows. No,...

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