Nelly Shulman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“The Garnet Bracelet” by Nelly Shulman

Submitted to Contest #101

The Garnet Bracelet Wet rag of the sea pounded the low white sands of the deserted beach. During out drive the familiar flatness of the Baltic has changed unexpectedly. The calm waters turned into the roaring bottle-green waves smelling of salt and something pungent, disgusting yet strangely comforting. This is the smell of the person you are falling out of love with. I was falling out of love with G., tired of his jealousy, spiralling drunkenness, and preference for semi-automatic assault rifles. I mentally calculated the retreat strat...

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“The Drought” by Nelly Shulman

Submitted to Contest #102

The Drought They called this August the month of drought. Every morning the city woke up to the sun glaring over the roofs. Her plants needed to be watered daily. The wrought-iron railings burned her palms. The copper watering tin reflected her distorted morning likeness. Rising at dawn, she contemplated a walk along the bank of the canal, gazing at the bushes flanking the footpath, ripened with sour blackberries. The ball hit the wall graffiti, girls skipped the rope. Children came together for the red rover or hide-and-seek. Kids scat...

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