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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023
âď¸ Shortlisted for Contest #263
I used to have these dreams. They all started the same. Iâd start off on my rooftop, under a midday sun, and feel my weight kind of flow through me. Like it was leaking out the top of my head. Then, when it was all gone, the last gram leached from the ends of my hair, my feet would lift. And I rose, and rose, and rose, up past the tree, the telephone wires, the three-storied behemoth on the other side of my block. The roads would shrink. People became ants. Iâd rise into the clouds, feel their clammy embrace, drift past them. The world...
Submitted to Contest #236
The fact that the espresso machine was not meant to make that soundâthat hiccupping popâwas something that Sade did, in fact, remember. But she couldnât figure out what the hell was causing the noisy spasm: it wasnât any of the steam nozzles, the foam doohickeys, or the bottom tray, orâwhat was it again? Oh yes, the portafilter. It wasnât that. Sheâd checked, she was certain. It was fine, probably. The damn machine hissed, gurgled, and frothed even when it was working correctly. What was a little pop every now and then? The machine...
Submitted to Contest #205
Martha the pigeon does not want to be free. Today is the same. I wake up, brush my teeth, sneak into Mumâs room, and begin my pigeon heist. Marthaâs cage sits on the corner of Mumâs bedside table, right where most people would place a glass of water or last nightâs reading material. The route is a tricky one, but I manage to slip through the maze of laundry, sail across the bed-and-dresser canal, and elude being punctured by a stray fork in under a minute. Iâm steps away from Marthaâs cage when the bed rustles - I freeze, heartbeat th...
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