Louise Tawfik

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“#the_influencer” by Louise Tawfik

Submitted to Contest #252

Find the best light and tilt your chin upwards.Look directly at the camera lens on your phone, then smile.But not a big smile -A smile that says I know you wish you were me. Most people find taking selfies awkward, but it was second nature to Cissy. It was her livelihood, and she was good – very good. Cissy was a social media influencer – a mega influencer - who had built up millions of followers on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and her followers were like a cult, blindly following every recommendation. Being an influencer was a very lucrat...

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“Jeannie's Wishes” by Louise Tawfik

Submitted to Contest #251

What if your wishes could come true?The shameful ones and the virtuous ones, with no limit or repercussions?What would you wish for?And do you deserve it?Bespectacled with a black helmet of hair – Olga Osborne was small, insignificant and compact, much like her existence. She trudged through life without family and friends and her oddness caused people to give her a wide berth. It was 1997 and Olga’s job was bland and monotonous; every day she filed papers for a big nameless, shapeless insurance company. Policy documents, receipts, copies of...

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“Ride or Die” by Louise Tawfik

Submitted to Contest #250

It was a sweltering day in the small regional town, the sun glaring down somewhere in the middle of Australia. But inside the local church, the cool smell of stone mixed with the sickly-sweet jasmine and carnations festooned at the end of each pew. People sidled along the wooden benches to take their seats. Ladies fanned themselves with the Order of Service pamphlets and the men dripped sweat into their suits and boots, bald spots becoming shinier with every passing minute. Rob was standing at the altar, his polyester pale blue suit sticking...

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“The Rollercoaster Ride” by Louise Tawfik

Submitted to Contest #249

Warning: This story frequently contains language which could be offensive to some readers. The author sincerely apologises however replacing the expletive with "fudge" just wouldn't have worked.The Rollercoaster Ride‘Fuck!’It was the first thing Alice said as she woke, and it wouldn’t be the last time she said it that day.But let’s take a step back, just 5 minutes earlier.Alice was splayed diagonally across her bed, feet dangling over the corners of her mattress, bedsheets and quilt impossibly intertwined, with her limbs caught in the mess. ...

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“Swinging” by Louise Tawfik

Submitted to Contest #246

It was a quiet Saturday, and the sun warmed their shoulders like it did when they were children. Bill and Frank; two friends who’d travelled together through the years, sometimes side by side and sometimes apart. They’d met as scrappy boys in the playground, chasing each other with dirty knees and shirts untucked. Vegemite sandwiches for lunch and long afternoons walking home, talking incessantly the whole way. Families, careers, homes, trips far away, all came and passed. Time chased them but neither noticed the changes in each other; the w...

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