Miya Doolam

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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“THE STORM SHOWS ME DIRECTION” by Miya Doolam

Submitted to Contest #288

Panny drew zigzags in her sand pit with a stick she found in her mother’s Berry bush but the copious winds kept ruining the pattern. She groaned and started over each time, sticking the stick deep enough into the sand, drawing a downward stroke which at some point she jolted left or right.    Directions were her thing, something her mother was never good at.    Panny was old enough to know that her mother regretted a lot of things, one of that being having her. Her mother, Lorice, had Panny when she wa...

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“4000 Page Autobiography” by Miya Doolam

Submitted to Contest #286

TRIGGER WARNING: a school bus and civilian collision described somewhat explicitly. Melony’s flight left at dawn, and there she was at midnight in her home office, her industrial printer in full swing belching out her 4000-page autobiography. Her black cat precariously perched at the top of her arm chair, moonlight spotlighting her in witch-like lore, squinted down at her in a matter of judgment, wondering how Melony planned to fit her manuscript into her mini suitcase. “Don’t worry, Luna, I’ve got this.”   Her cat purred and...

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“"I GUESS I’LL SETTLE FOR THE NICE GUY" ” by Miya Doolam

Submitted to Contest #268

DEAR MAGS, It’s me, Mag Pie—aka your twelve year old self. Looks like you’ve made some mistakes. Maybe you’ve forgotten what mom always told us: actions have consequences. The future doesn’t look very promising from what I see—I’m telling it to you straight—and it’ll be all your fault if you don’t fix things ASAP.  You know what I’m talking about. You let that nice boy go; you said he was boring and dismissed him as a ‘shrimp’ among other things. You thought you could do better—thought that there’d be more options for you, right? Well g...

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Author bio

I like to think of myself as a slice of life/small town romance writer who tries to capture wholesome moments, youth, simpler times, secrecy and drama. If you like low stakes, town drama and people who hide things, please follow me and check out my blog where I post fun stories/series about made up characters in a made up town at: magnolia-davis.blogspot.com