Lili Szomor

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Inheritance ” by Lili Szomor

Submitted to Contest #170

I’ve got a plan, eight-year-old Mimi reassures herself as she approaches her parents. The perfect moment. Her mother sits at the kitchen table, one hand around her cup of coffee, the other flipping through a magazine. Her father clatters around her, banging cupboards and drawers, making his favourite snack. It is a Saturday morning. The radio is on. No talk of work. No laundry to do, or shopping. No expected packages or phone calls. “Mum?” She keeps her voice neutral. No need to alarm them. “Can I...

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“Love at the End of the World” by Lili Szomor

Out on their third date, Mary wonders about the future of her relationship with Joe. She has always fancied him, and her friends all think they make a great match. But now, having gotten to know him better and spend time with him, she has become uncertain. Should she waste time on a relationship that won't survive? Somehow, they have stumbled into the graveyard just outside of town. Mary wraps her arms around herself, scowling at the thunderclouds looming above. She should’ve brought her coat. Who hangs out in a...

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“Shipwreck” by Lili Szomor

Anna didn't think her week could get any worse. Staying up late at night working on her dissertation until her eyes dry up. A broken radiator in her dorm room and a resulting cold she can’t seem to shake. Her mother’s phone calls at dawn as she keeps forgetting the time difference. Needing a break from it all, Anna has fled to the Tate Britain, her safe space, and now stands in one of the three giant rooms which exhibit magnificent oil paintings by the artist JMW Turner. She comes here often; thank God galleries in Lon...

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Author bio

Lover of art, hot chocolate, and libraries. Growing up in a family that travels a lot, I grow agitated when staying in one place for long. Dreaming of becoming a writer since the age of nine.