Peanut Das

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Through the Tunnel” by Peanut Das

Submitted to Contest #92

We're in a tunnel, a dark tunnel. 'We' is probably not the right word to use here. I don't know the three people surrounding me, and the don't know me. They probably don't know each other. I know I am in this tunnel for different reasons than them, but I don't know what reasons. We stumble through the dark, bumping into each other once in a while. I knock into one of them, a 20-year-old man with a polyester vest. I expect to feel the fibers of the vest, rubbing my skin, making a soft squeaking sound, but I don't. "Who are you?" I ask the ...

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“Never Escaped” by Peanut Das

Submitted to Contest #90

I have always been a good hunter, since I was born. I've never missed a target, ever. Of course, a lot of my skill came from being a Sunda Tiger. But I was the ablest of my streak. I had a special technique. Once I caught a sniff of prey, I would creep through the grasslands, hiding quickly when it looked up. I would keep my eyes on the prize, and my nose and ears on it too. I would stay far enough from the animal so that it couldn't detect me, but close enough that I could pounce and pin it down. I hardly ever had to chase my prey, but when...

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