Nadiya H

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Nutso” by Nadiya H

The grandfather clock struck 8 o’clock. Dinner was still not ready. The leftover taper candles rustled out from a drawer's depths were long extinguished. Greta passed her hand over the cavern of her shrinking belly, sighing in nervous relief. Hannah, meanwhile, fretted with the napkin, peering over the maze of crystal glasses, rapidly cooling gravy boats, potato tureens, and empty placemats. She tried not to, but the voi...

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“To the Races” by Nadiya H

With the evening dew settling into his oversized buckles, Pierre chuffed at the cold. By no means at all did he measure up to the hale and hearty stockiness of his brothers and sisters working the fields, nor did he quite yet attain the misshapen corpulence of the well statured servants. Simply put, Pierre was a runt. The frills of his court uniform hung limply into his concave chest, while the over-starched tails of h...

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Author bio

Preponderant. Effusive. Can even verge on ebullient. Peaked preparing for SAT Verbal tests. Could do with a biscuit.