Ocean Nieves

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“She Loved Them All” by Ocean Nieves

Submitted to Contest #73

Mel anxiously tapped her fingernails on the run down table. She sat in the local cafe, her regular meeting place with Vic. It was Christmas Eve, but she wasn't feeling festive, and she was supposed to be going up to the lodge with the guys, just like every year since they started that tradition in their senior year of high school. But this year she was about to break that tradition. For over a month she had been keeping a secret from them, something she had been trying to tell them but couldn't. Sipping on her piping hot peppermint latt...

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“You Called?” by Ocean Nieves

Submitted to Contest #65

We were just a pair of silly kids, off to the cemetery to fulfill a right of passage. We were only thirteen, well, Bonnie was thirteen, I was a few months shy, trying to hang out with the cool kids. The fourteens and fifteens, and the lucky thirteens who were chosen. That was when it all started, during that damn initiation. I’ll never forget their faces as they huddled together to decided an appropriate test, the scheming glances and vicious smiles. And then the blonde with the pixie bob, she walked over looking so ...

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“It Doesn't Matter” by Ocean Nieves

Submitted to Contest #61

When Aishah saw that she had been added to a Facebook group devoted to conjuring up plans for her high school class reunion, she immediately left. Who the hell could have added her? Since becoming Muslim some eight or nine years ago, she had disappeared from the lives of her old friends, all except one, Selena, who miraculously managed to stay an inactive friend, or acquaintance or whatever. They never really spoke anymore, just a few likes here and there to show they still thought about one another on occasion. So of cou...

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Author bio

I aspire to be a great writer, but I'm torn between writing, knitting and other pursuits. Being a single mom, I can't always manage my dreams and aspirations, but if I can find a moment to sit down and write something, even if it's stupid, I'm happy.