O J

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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2 Stories

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“The Shop On Ironwood Avenue” by O J

Submitted to Contest #92

Shao stood quietly behind his antiquated cash register. His father had opened this small roadside shop with the savings that he’d accumulated working in factories. His mother had worked tirelessly as a maid to help run the house. Together, they’d managed to buy the shop and have spent every single day placing orders, arguing with suppliers for cheapest prices, fixed the place with their own hands. The shop, dimly lit with old fluorescent tubes, was their sweat, blood, and pride. Holidays, weekends, school vacations, all were spent in the sho...

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“Mystery Book” by O J

Submitted to Contest #91

Sofia has been breathing slowly as if the air around her was scarce. Her ears strained, searching for a noise signalling the presence of another soul. But the library was deader than before. There were no more human beings roaming the endless aisles of books that no one read anymore.She’d gotten in just before closing time. And quickly made her way to the far end of the second floor, which housed books mostly about politics and history. The general public did not seem to have an interest in those anymore. The gateway to the past, the annals,...

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