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Nikola Petrović

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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The Road Not Taken

Nikola Petrović

Submitted to Contest #305

The final intersection on my return from school was just an ordinary and unremarkable intersection. To the right was the familiar row of houses, the last of which belonged to my mother. Behind me was the well-traveled road to my beloved elementary school. Forward was the ultimate abyss, the nothingness that swallows everything. But to the left… My mother always warned me: Never take the left turn. Always take the right and you’ll be home in just five minutes. I never knew what lay to the left. It always gnawed on me why mother never allowed ...

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’’Have we met before?’’ The Story of Josh and the Stranger.

Nikola Petrović

Submitted to Contest #271

Josh slumped in his chair. He had just downed his third beer and was only getting started. By now he was so much of a regular that people stopped noticing him.It’s been six months since Josh’s wife abruptly stopped yelling at him. He almost missed the days of hysterical screaming and bitter disappointment whenever he failed to return home in time. Now they were living parallel lives. Josh knew that divorce would soon be inevitable and he was almost resigned to this. His meagre unemployment benefits were certainly of no use to her or his chil...

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