Pranavi Josyula

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“She Promised” by Pranavi Josyula

Submitted to Contest #192

Lana is dead. But nobody knows.Now, Celestine, with her father at her side, goes to Betsy's Floral Shop downtown to buy flowers “for her teacher.” She skims the aisles for the cotton-candy-colored flowers her sister had loved. Unable to find them on the first round, she takes at least three rounds around the whole perimeter of the shop, as if the cherry blossoms would pop up on one of the wooden slabs or on top of one of the elaborate cabinets when she wasn’t watching. Or she would squint at the flowers in front of her, even if the...

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“Hi, Lavender” by Pranavi Josyula

Submitted to Contest #191

The attic—the place that was once blooming with genius—is now a pool of broken parts.It all started two months back, when she first spoke. “Hi, Lavender. My name is Selena Hendrick, but you can call me Mrs. Hendrick. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’ll be here to remind you that you can do anything.”“It’s even more of a pleasure to meet you.” It’s even more of a pleasure to meet you after all these years, I meant, but I would’ve confused the programmed woman. She was almost a doppelganger of her predecessor, with the ...

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“The Resume: A Student's Best Support and Worst Addiction” by Pranavi Josyula

Submitted to Contest #186

“It’s mine, and you can’t have it!” I couldn’t take it anymore. My own best friend, Robin, had patented our latest collaboration: the Mind Reader. We did all of the research, all of the begging for funds, all of the hours of putting parts together in my noodle-smelling garage together. We took an oath that we’d be the richest best friends on the planet and force our kids to be best friends. And she had just told a whole crowd that it was all her.“I had the idea in the first place. You just carried it out, buddy,” Robin retorted.&nb...

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Young writer <3 Likes to integrate sci-fi with realistic fiction Emotion pls Pop music person Has the best big bro So glad to be part of the Reedsy Community:)))