Lyena Monis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“A Look Into Human Behavior” by Lyena Monis

Global warming had take a large toll on the world. I was born much after the beginning of the “Great Heat”, as they called it, and never experienced something called “Fall” or “Winter”. However, 20 years before I was born, the UN started an initiative to reverse what we had done. Now, as a 30-year-old woman, I was about to see it snow.The older people who had been children when it last snowed told stories of magical, mystical white fluffs that came to the ground. Others said that the fluffs came in different shapes, like stars with many appe...

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“A Winter Suicide” by Lyena Monis

I wanted to kill myself. I had it planned: the where, when, how. The cabin I’d chosen for what I was going to was small and cozy. Nothing much, since I wouldn’t stay for long. The creeping feeling of hunger was slowly overtaking my stomach. Why not have a meal before I…? After a visit to the camp store, I’d managed to buy a water bottle and make a sandwich to eat. I took a few bites and had a feeling like I was gonna be sick. I didn’t finish it. I’d known the date I wanted to go since well, two years ago. My father’s birthday: January ...

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“Annie” by Lyena Monis

Submitted to Contest #22

The mute woman walked around the party. She had been invited by another woman who claimed to be her “friend”. She probably wanted the good way it made her look. At least, that’s what the woman thought, because who would want to be friends with a mute person. She was trying to find a place to sit down and write in her journal. As an aspiring writer, she was struggling to find material to write her first book. She finally found an empty bench and started brainstorming.After five minutes, she had the feeling someone was watching her. She looked...

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“The Innkeeper’s Epiphany” by Lyena Monis

The innkeeper was old.Everywhere, people were asking when he would retire and give up the inn. Never mind that the inn’s occupants each year kept lowering and lowering. Nobody thought to come to this ancient city. The citizens would say that the inn had no right to be around and should be redeveloped into something better. There was nothing the innkeeper could do but wonder if retirement was the best option. The mere thought of it left him depressed for days.Then came the boom.Thousands of people entered the city, needing a place to stay. Th...

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Author bio

Just an ordinary writer in an ordinary world.