Geeta Boodansingh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“Road Trip” by Geeta Boodansingh

The car was stalled at the side of the road.It had given up on this road trip long before me.The blackness that surrounded us was complete- oppressive and malicious in a manner unexpected of something insubstantial. Demon darkness- born from starlight smothered by gravid gray rain clouds, while the new moon watched behind her weeping veil.I sat in the driver's seat, both hands on the wheel, staring out at nothing, trying to remember the route. I'd been here before. My thoughts turn instead to the houses we ...

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“A Window Between Worlds” by Geeta Boodansingh

The library had been closed for a while.The window at the back still does not lock properly. Even after all these years, it was never fixed. Can you believe that, Anne? So many renovations, but that shitty lock never changed. It is still easy for me to open it and climb through. I suppose I could have used the front door. The building has been sold, Anne, and guess what? I'm the new owner. But I enter through the window. Old habits.Shelves, mostly empty, stand waiting for me. They knew I would come. How could I no...

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“Hope and Memory” by Geeta Boodansingh

The door of the bakery hung open, the broken steel lock twisted and gaping, like the maw of some felled beast. It was the back door, used mainly for deliveries for bulk ingredients, and it opened on to the inky dark of an alley way. The light over the door had been smashed too, and the starlight from the smog covered city sky didn't help much with illumination. She heard the footst...

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“Ghost Dreams” by Geeta Boodansingh

Coming to Nand K'tara always felt like coming home to Rhinn.The floating market or the free market (depending on who translated the Gorachi word into Galactic Basic) was a large generation space ship comprised of a hodgepodge of different races from all over the galaxy, outcasts and possibly outlaws, dreamers, wanderers, all with the common desire to explore the universe and pay their way to do so by plying their trade.She stood in the centre of the market, drinking in the bustle with her senses. Alien tongues min...

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Author bio

A reader who writes. Science enthusiast. Lover of sci-fi and fantasy but won't mind dabbling in all forms of writing. Find me on Instagram @geetsthebookdragon Find me on the web: authorgbsingh.com

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