Maria Zhuravleva

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“The Coat” by Maria Zhuravleva

Submitted to Contest #18

"Watch where you are going, imbecile!" he hisses, infuriated.I am so focused on glaring at the paved stones beneath my feet that I am not paying attention to where I am stumbling. I trip over a stone that juts out of sidewalk like the bastard it is, and fall smack into a man wearing a black trench coat. The haughty man steps over me, with a look of total disgust plastered on his face and continues walking to god knows where. I don't disagree with him, I don't look particularly well off at the moment. If I were to look into a mirror, I would ...

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“They Always Ask Me What My Tattoo Means” by Maria Zhuravleva

Submitted to Contest #9

They always ask me what my tattoo means. I never tell. That's the beauty of a secret, the mystery, the twist of the unknown. It makes us yearn even more to find out what deep knowledge it contains. Gossip? A secret affair? A secret within a secret so dark no one will ever know about it? Even I, myself don't know what it means. For my people, flowers are the most important living creatures in the universe. These flowers are unlike anything you have ever seen. Colors that are indescribable to the simple human brain. The beauty-unsee...

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