Eva Leticia Brito

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Towards the Sun” by Eva Leticia Brito

Submitted to Contest #125

Dedicated to MarthitaIt was near dawn when Fayna arrived at her house. The door was wide open and she was afraid she was the victim of a robbery. She carefully removed her white loafers and crept inside. The porch light that she used to leave on when she returned at night allowed her to see inside and enter with more confidence. She realized that everything was in order and that nothing was missing. The young woman only noticed something strange: there was too much silence, she did not hear the clock in the room and she realized that it stop...

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“Afraid to Sing” by Eva Leticia Brito

Submitted to Contest #120

"Listen to your heart" was one of her favorite songs. She used to hummer it while showering, trying to imitate the sultry blonde singer of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette. The part she liked the most was the one that says love gets wilder than the wind. She imagined a gale of erotic fantasies, not understanding then how painful it could be to break that fragile division between passion, violence and craziness.Her name was Camila, meaning "the one who awaits the sacrifice." She was a young woman in her late 20´s, petite, with tanned skin, da...

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“Redemption ” by Eva Leticia Brito

Submitted to Contest #104

Are you coming tonight?This phrase was repeated thousands of times and was written everyday in the chat between two computers, both located in empty rooms in opposite cities of the globe. Every time the question was answered almost immediately:Of course, I will be with you tonight!Those messages were only discovered a decade after the pandemic had started. Found only after the governments of each country allowed people to go outside again after millions of persons had been mandatorily confined during the years that the health emergency laste...

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“Mat and Ben” by Eva Leticia Brito

Submitted to Contest #102

The sea can unleash turbulent waters, but deep down his heart lives. It is only necessary to know how to reach it.Mateo was born in California, a man in his late twenties. He worked as a bricklayer, so he was never short of jobs in a city like New York, a metropolis where new skyscrapers are always under constant construction. It was very difficult for him to achieve anything else with the little education he had, but he enjoyed his job. His salary was enough to pay for a daily meal and the rent that he shared with two roommates. He had no f...

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“My daiquiris at El Floridita” by Eva Leticia Brito

Submitted to Contest #100

I arrived hot and sweaty to the cocktail bar located on a corner of the famous Bishop Street in Old Havana, Cuba. I teleported to a surreal past just when I crossed the threshold of the door: rancid fashioned velvety curtains, baroque columns crudely repainted to conceal time deterioration and lack of funds for its restoration. These topped with a color coat so ordinary that it almost violated the eyes with their failed attempt to resemble a true gold leaf. The stale smell of more than two centuries ago made me think of luxuries before commu...

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Author bio

I live in Mexico City. I am a restorer of cultural assets; I work as a cultural heritage researcher. I like to read and I am fond of writing stories in Spanish and English. I love Reedsy because it gives publication space to amateur writers.