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Nya Mancell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2025

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It's Them or Us

Nya Mancell

"Alice, stop messing around back there," I say, keeping my hands on the steering wheel and my eyes on the road. "He's taking my gummies!" she cries, hitting Luke's hand away as he reaches for the bag of gummies on her lap."Luke," I warn, and he stops, returning back to his tablet. "Daddy," Alice asks, "are we going to see Mommy?""No, my love," I say, my throat feeling like it's being constricted. "Mommy's not going to be there.""But she's always there for Christmas dinner," Alice says, "because she makes cookies with Grandma.""Alica, honey, ...

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Beautiful

Nya Mancell

Submitted to Contest #295

"Where's the bowl?" Aiden yells, pounding his little fists on the counter."What bowl?" I ask gently, my headache worsening as I rub my temples."The bowl!" Aiden screams, "it was right here yesterday!"I look tiredly at our marble counter, which is empty except for a few coupons from the mail and a half-eaten pancake sitting on a syrup-soaked plate.I bend down to so I can see my four year-old son eye-to-eye. "Aiden," I say, "can you describe the bowl you saw here yesterday?"Aiden rubs his eyes and sniffles. "It was the wooden one that Mr. Patt...

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