Heloise Petit

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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“I want to be alone in the night, but you won’t let me” by Heloise Petit

Submitted to Contest #199

trigger warning : mental health, suicidal ideation and alcohol consumption.It’s funny how night and day are such different worlds.In the daytime it’s so busy and at night time so calm, or so I assumed. In my imagination, the city at night would have been quiet and asleep, except for cats, who sneak out of the comfort of their owners houses to wander, for reasons unknown to us. It has actually been a subject of fascination for me, especially when I was little. I remember watching a documentary where pet owners installed GPS trackers on t...

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“Cherry blossoms after the storm” by Heloise Petit

Submitted to Contest #191

I can’t think. I can’t let myself think. If I do, if I let any thought leak out into my head from the sealed little box where I keep them, I will crumble. I feel my body pulsate with pain as I repeat these words to myself, tapping my chest rhythmically with a tear trickling from my eye. This has been my reality for quite some time now and to be honest, I can’t remember a mythical time when I felt okay. From today it will arguably be worse though. I am losing my job. I woke up from yet another night of troubled insomnia with bu...

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