Ivan Cardoso

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Party Clown” by Ivan Cardoso

Submitted to Contest #123

It had been about an hour since the last guest arrived when the bell rang. The party had been very pleasant up to that point, even though Aunt Bea and Uncle Guy were in the same room. Jenna had been especially nervous about the two meeting up, ever since she drove Aunt Bea home last Christmas and heard her drunkenly whisper to herself that if she ever saw him again, she would shoot him right then and there. It could’ve b...

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“Parcels” by Ivan Cardoso

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #122

There was no knock on the door, no ring of the bell, only a message popping up on his phone screen: your package has been delivered. He hadn´t ordered anything. And yet, as he opened  the front door of his apartment out of pure caution there it was — a tall and lean cardboard box with that easily recognizable smile printed on its sides. The corridor outsid...

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“About Samantha” by Ivan Cardoso

Submitted to Contest #78

The phone rang nine times before Clara could turn off the oven, wash her hands, dry them, and pick it up.“Clara, it’s me. We need to talk about something.”“Good morning to you too, Gerald.”“Sorry, sorry, good morning. Where are my manners? How have you been?”“I've been doing alright. A strange cough, but nothing that you need to worry about. How are you?”“N...

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Author bio

Hi, I'm a Brazilian writer who decided to try out another language to work with. Most of my work deals with characters facing mundane situations set against weird or straight-up surreal backgrounds. My favourite authors are: Samanta Schweblin, Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Haruki Murakami. If you speak and/or read Portuguese, you can check out Cães Noturnos, my latest book, here: https://www.amazon.com.br/C%C3%A3es-Noturnos-Ivan-Nery-Cardoso/dp/6586042666

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #122
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