Lena Solomon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“October time...colours” by Lena Solomon

Submitted to Contest #286

October time…coloursIt’s always the same at this time of the year. The brain fills up with noise when it gets cold. I hold on to the image that the rush of jumbled words released by my brain cells creates the energy to keep me warm. Unlike being dead cold.I cannot let go. Every year around this time, same thoughts run the Marathon in my head. Stubborn and mean. Never mind how hard I try, they don’t want to leave. Never mind … they always come back. But to be precise, some variation is always there. Like now, when they hit harder than ever, w...

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“New Discoveries on the History of Dracula ” by Lena Solomon

Submitted to Contest #263

The scientific tale of the origin of the worst villain of Transylvania, Count Dracula The search for Count Dracula’s precise place of birth, his actual birth, and his preconception records, led the story tellers to pursue historical and archeological explorations on these subjects. For millennia, efforts were invested in going back in time, researching antique findings and producing interesting scientific-fiction (or better called fictional-science) about this villain’s mysterious origins and past. The quali...

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“The Round Genie From Behind The Moon Village ” by Lena Solomon

Submitted to Contest #260

“The moon, look at the moon” cried the little, round genie, ignoring the fact that there was no-one around to hear him. His real name was Pampabald, but his parents and friends called him Billy, for short. “I must be traveling downwards,” he thought, as he was drifting across the Universe, led sometimes by the solar winds and some other times by magnetosonic waves. The little genie had no e-watch or compass, and for a while felt rather confused, trying to figure out if he was going South, East or West (somehow, ...

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“The Capulets versus the Montagues, in year 2525” by Lena Solomon

Submitted to Contest #257

No setting or language is more effective than Shakespeare’s in putting across the most beautiful and memorable love story ever written. However, times change and the fragment below transports this story into modern times and modern language, a futuristic approach. I am not sure how effective any other language can be, compared with that of Shakespeare’s, but this is the 21 century and computers rule today, and robots will rule tomorrow and communication will remain electronic. It is sad to think that all the beauty that came with centur...

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Author bio

I love writing stories. Unfortunately I don't have as much time as I wish I had for writing and reading. Luckily, within the next few ...well actually a little more than that, something like 200 million years, the day will have 25 hours. As for work, I am a psychologist. I love children, music, theatre, art and gardening. I have 2 cats.