Priyam Saharia

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“The Rolling Stone” by Priyam Saharia

Submitted to Contest #78

“Well, what’s wrong with learning how to knit?”“We live in Singapore!” my sister, Neena said, and shrugged. As though its so obvious. “So?” She was going to have to explain it better. “Come on. We don’t have a single day in the entire year when the weather is cooler than 80 degrees? Nobody ever wears any warm clothes here.” I am not sure why I hadn’t thought of that. I looked at the knitting needles on my lap—the peach color sweater of a newborn was halfway done. Random strangers in the local train have already congratulated me on my im...

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“The Heart is an Imperfect Creature” by Priyam Saharia

Submitted to Contest #49

The worst place to find out that your wife is having an extra-marital affair is in a hospital waiting room—while she is dying inside. David wished Shelly had deleted those voice messages on her phone. Despite being married for twelve years, he knew there were parts of her that were always elusive, that he could never read. But he had never imagined that she could have an affair behind his back. How little we know the people we think we know. “She has serious brain injuries. At this point, we cannot say if she is going to pull through,” the ...

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I try to find the right words to tell my stories.