Iking Lopez

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Consuelo” by Iking Lopez

Submitted to Contest #176

The high-rise buildings had erupted like perfectly aligned teeth, and the old gave way to the new. First, it was Mr. and Mrs. Yu, the old Chinese apothecary couple who were driven out to the red-light district, forced to rebrand their herbal medicines as aphrodisiacs. A year later, the beloved Paper Dragon Firecracker store exploded due to its centuries-old electrical wiring, and everyone mistook the conflagration as a premature New Year fireworks display. By then, most everyone was already ready to leave, as the small knickknack stores and ...

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“Nighttime from Where I Am” by Iking Lopez

Submitted to Contest #174

His video was against the light, and he looked like an angel.“Let me just draw the curtains.” He got up from his seat.I expected to see his Eraserheads posters on the wall, electric and acoustic guitars strewn on the floor. Instead, I squinted, noticing an eye chart, trying my best to make out most of the letters. Failing, I scanned the rest of the room, finding on a shelf above his bed, a bonsai tree in between two sets of books, a few I recognize as his favorites and a few looking encyclopedic.The room darkened, and I checked to see my own...

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