Renee Nadine

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (2)

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“Floral Notes” by Renee Nadine

Submitted to Contest #61

His fingers trace the bend of the mug handle.  The ceramic is warm from the hot coffee inside.  Around him the fancy iron leg chairs scrape on the cobblestone patio periodically.  Scooters pass by on the narrow street with their feminine horns bleating now and then.  Samuel is suspended amongst these sounds, hanging in the ethers, everywhere and yet attached to nothing.  He sits in dormancy. Early morning...

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“Against the Sun” by Renee Nadine

Submitted to Contest #60

Trigger warning: attempted rape, assault   Aylen picks through her bag with dirty fingernails on weather-worn and calloused fingers. Scavenged smaller essentials dodge them: tweezers, a rusty pen light, small tight wads of tissue balled up. Her hand moves mindlessly, feeling for the shape, and closes over a small tube with letters faded almost white on the peeling label. She removes the cap and carefully, sparingly, blots lip balm on her dry lips. She drops the tube back into the bag. ...

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Author bio

I’m new to Reedsy, but not to writing. I wrote my first “book” in second grade. It is the one true passion I can say pulses within me organically, and it is time to start getting some of my stuff out there. I love to write autobiographical reflections from my life experience, fiction and fantasy, and poetry. My work usually bakes in angst and hope.