Mairin Smit

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Missed Connections” by Mairin Smit

She scans the ivory card up and down. Its edges crisp. The cardstock fresh. She rests her thumb on the little, brown filigree border that surrounds lines of scrawled script, printed in charcoal black ink. Words like ‘confit,’ ‘terrine’ and ‘fumé’ are sprinkle throughout the lines. She reads them again. Once. Twice. Three times. Until it all sinks in. She places the card back down on the shoulder-high counter and rests her elbow there. The other hand gently tucked into a small pocket of the white apron wrapped around her waist and knotted at ...

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“Home” by Mairin Smit

Submitted to Contest #161

Her heels click against the tile floor. She follows in his footsteps at lightning speed. Through white, cement bricked hallways and around dimly lit corners. Past other bodies all dressed in black, murmuring into closely fit headsets. She glances up at a digital clock on the wall as she speeds past. 1:29:06. 05. 04… Its electric red numbers ticking down with each click of her heels on the tile. The man she follows turns his head and murmurs a few words to her over his shoulder. A white ‘x’ marked on the floor... Lights set to catch within 3 ...

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