Margarida Guerreiro

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“Remnants of our ghosts” by Margarida Guerreiro

Submitted to Contest #85

That’s the thing about this city, my little heartbreak, it is a great labyrinthic mausoleum of death. Ever since I set foot here, I began to decay. The people who passed me by on the streets stole my beauty for themselves, to hoard in their daydreams. Do you remember how beautiful I used to be when you first laid eyes on me? By then, I was already half of what I had once been.I despised the window shops, dolled up like fashion catalogues I could never afford on a student scholarship and the money my parents scraped up to give me. I loat...

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“The rise of existence at dawn” by Margarida Guerreiro

Submitted to Contest #83

Sharp canines pierced the fresh, supple skin of a mango, juice dripping down a dark-brown chin, staining the sand below. Squinting towards the bleeding light pouring from above, Mel stretched out her legs until her feet were being tickled by the lapping water. The sea was calm today, breathing in and out as if asleep, and Mel kept eating - devouring more like - as she waited, as she watched the twinkling reflections on the surface of the water, pure diamonds of light. The breeze didn’t chill her arms yet, but she thought idly that Vila mus...

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A writer for the sake of writing.