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Justine Arndt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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A reflection on my life, for interested parties.

Submitted to Contest #135

The parchment papers are tainted yellow from age, dark brown fingerprints are dragged across the corner of each piece, emitting the faintest metallic smell. Three starting lines are crossed or scribbled out. The writing is in a thick black liquid, not possible to verify if it is ink or something else. Nonetheless, each curve, each joining of the words are placed with careful penmanship. When I was younger, my parents told me that putting faith in anyone was the largest mistake you could ever make. They then gave me a practical exampl...

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