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Miriam Esessien

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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An Old Lady's Tale

Miriam Esessien

Now, come sit around me in a circle, the beautiful moon will be our light and I shall tell you the story of my life. I must warn you ahead of time, grab your tissue boxes because it is a rather sad one. Of unrequited love, terrible sufferings, faith and the pride that permitted my terrible sister push me in my early grave. My grandmother, Mama, had twelve of us, seven girls and five boys. The first boy died making us eleven and I know what you're thinking. It's still quite a lot but I guess back in those days when the dinosaurs still ...

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The Cabin In The Woods

Miriam Esessien

Submitted to Contest #220

Soledad, pretty and young, stood by her window with a glass of wine. The morning rain clouded her windows and she couldn't see at all. Even if she could, it would all be grey, but somehow she knew she would be fine. There was a nagging that ate away at her soul for weeks, even months. It grew even stronger by the hour that she felt she must go, in order to be focused enough to finish her fifteenth book. So when the rain died, she jumped on a train first thing. Before she got locked in by another round of hail and storm. To fulfill a promis...

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A Hero For Rose

Miriam Esessien

Rose was smart. She knew because in middle school she never read for tests or exams but always scored above average. It never mattered till one day. It might come as a shock but she dreaded mathematics above all subjects like it was the two faced friend that murdered her in her past life. Apart from Mr X that always lost his way and needed finding, she would have greater reasons to loathe the subject.Her teacher was asking each of them their aspirations and when it got to Rose, she said she hoped to be a doctor. His sudden burst of laug...

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A Summer Rain

Miriam Esessien

Submitted to Contest #124

It was a lonely drive from work. My booming radio and thoughts, my only company. I shuddered a little in my white woolen sweater. The air was unusually chilly. I mindlessly switched from one station to another as I was beginning to lose signal and then little by little, my warm serenade turned to the sizzle of a pan. I let out a sigh of annoyance and turned off my radio. The only sound that could be heard was the lonely howl of the wind, just like my sick heart. The weather forecast did announce that it would rain later but how odd though, i...

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