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Melissa Holewa

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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The mysterious haunting of Black Wood Manner

From the beginning, I’ve always been unnerved by that Manner that my Great Aunt left me. Though I’ve never heard of her till that day I got that letter, not long after her death. No one in my family would tell me about her, not even my mother. They told me she never existed, that She must have done something to piss off my whole family for them to not mention her ever. I did my research on the web through ancestry.com and where Black Wood Manner might be. I found her and th...

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Raising a wild moon child

Submitted to Contest #43

Hi, I am Maya and I am a 25-year-old college student studying astronomy and part time YouTuber, wanting to be an actress. It has been going well, though it gets lonely not knowing anyone. I did not know that day my life was going to change forever. It was a cold after noon walking to my dorm room from class’s that day, and I walked past a couple, I ignored them at first, but I noticed the woman crying for some reason. That is when I got concerned, they came from near the alley.I got to the back alley, and near a dumpster I saw a basket with ...

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The unknown

Submitted to Contest #42

Some say that you are supposed to know who you are by the age of eight-teen. You are also supposed to know what college you want to go to, what you want to do for a career, and even sexuality. I’m 25 and I’m not really sure what to do with my life, the first of half of my life I thought I love animals I think maybe I should be a vet, until I discovered needles. Then when my Dad when I was twelve, and the only thing that helped me cope was the magic of writing. I thought maybe I should be a writer, author, script writer. But then when I turn...

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Mole's journey

Submitted to Contest #41

Once upon a time there was a mole that lived on the edge of the forest not to far from a village, one day one of the villagers was smoking his pipe and needed to dispose of the ashes so his old lady wouldn’t catch him. So, he went far from his home near the forest, but not to far from home. He found a near by hole and not thinking twice as he dumped his ashes, not knowing that the only one watching him was a little bird. Down underground the mole was comfortable in his bed asleep, then as he drew breath he awoke to the smell of fire. He rush...

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Cross country misadventure to San Diego comic con

Submitted to Contest #40

Melissa’s prov Where should I begin, it all started off fine in the beginning on our journey towards San Diego, just us girls. Though granted it is not just us that is going, it is us and the boys from work also, but my mom does not know about that part. See I told my mom that it is just going to be me and a group of my female friends that driving up there and splitting the hotel bill for a week. Granted I have never lied to my mom like this, but a girl must grow up sometime. See I am 25, still a fucking virgin, and the best part is that the...

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written in the stars

Submitted to Contest #39

They say that life is written in the stars, and in a prophecy once foretold the world will end, and one couple will thrive and began a life of new, they’ll have to make a society of the soon forgotten, a new world of peace, love, and prosperity. A woman was looking up at the stars, remembering that long foretold story that her mother, her mother’s mother, and her mother’s mother’s mother told long time ago, all before this outbreak occurred. She was the only one that su...

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hidden amoung the stars

Submitted to Contest #38

This was a mistake, it wasn’t supposed to go viral, it was supposed to be a joke among me, my sister, and my cousins. But it made me famous, a thing that I’m rarely use to. See in the beginning I wasn’t the most popular person on the planate let alone on youtube. See it all started when I had this stupidest idea, and I wanted to include my sister, and my two cousins that I hardly get to see because life reasons. So, we decided to do this stupid tik tok, and thought nothing of it. &nb...

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secret of a stranger

Submitted to Contest #37

Secrets of the stranger My sister always told me I was adopted, and I wasn’t supposed to be in this family. Mom says she’s just kidding but I knew she really means it, I knew she hated me, I don’t know why but the feeling was very mutual. She always had it out for me, and if that wasn’t bad enough, I feel like someone or something is watching me constantly. I was at the park and this older gentile man probably rough around my sister’s age between maybe twenty-seven? Twent...

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Diary of an Insomniac

Submitted to Contest #36

Dear diary, People have told me to get more sleep…. if only that was that easy. I’ve been an insomniac for thirteen year now, my insecurities, and anxieties aren’t the only things keeping me up at night. It’s my worries about me trying to quit my job, even though I know that I’m fired, I need to pick up my pay check but it’s been almost 3 weeks, not only that we all of humanity has to worry about a freaking...

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