Joanna N.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“No one will hear you call” by Joanna N.

Submitted to Contest #262

It was stuffy since the dawn. The heat was rising every hour, and by noon the air was almost aflame, almost burning his lungs. It was buzzing in the tall, dry bushes as if charged with electricity – what was making this sound? Bees, probably. Or cicadas? The noise made him feel like he was about to boil, black spots multiplied in the sunlight, and the heat condensed and ran down his face and chest, tickling. It was driving him crazy. Anyway, maybe it was his fault, after all, he knew it would be hot. The hottest day of the summer, they’d sai...

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“Let's skip the foreplay, shall we?” by Joanna N.

Submitted to Contest #164

Where I come from people like me are just staff. Tired and hurried, they walk with their heads down and faces closed. Hard workers struggling to make ends meet. It’s not that they are bad, or boring, or that there is anything wrong with them, no. It’s just that they are, well, closed, and so are their faces. Whereas Nino…In the picture I have, Nino sits in front of a painting full of colors and hats – heads in hats, to be precise. And from under the hats, long black braids fall on the backs of uncountable Peruvian women, since all these wome...

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Author bio

Hi, my name is Jo, and for a good story, I'd happily give my kingdom (if I had one). I work as an editor, copywriter, and every now and again also translator. I'm Polish and I live in Poland - English is my second language, so please pardon me for my mistakes.