Richa Jain

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“we were only seventeen” by Richa Jain

Submitted to Contest #158

“Dunhill.”I gaze at his stubby fingers clutching the packet, each nail shorter than the last. The warning label pokes out from between them, informing the consumer of the cautionary tale of Fiona, who'd succumbed to lung cancer at thirty-three after being a serial smoker most of her life. “Someone's rich.”“Only the best for her majesty,” He jokes, holding out the last stick for me. I graciously accept it, fishing out a lighter from my pocket as I grasp the cigarette between cracked lips. He throws the empty square a few metres away from the ...

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“The Art of Inventing Untruths” by Richa Jain

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #156

“I miss you.”I lie through my teeth, knowing that when she gets my message, Jane will be sobbing and begging for me to come back. I lie about it all, telling her I find the way she can’t ravish a meal if two different foods are touching each other endearing, as if she weren’t a twenty-six-year-old woman who behaved like she was ten. That I miss the way she’d wake me up by jumping on our bed, as if I found it comical and adorable and not incredibly aggravating. I tell her everything I know she wants to hear, because I need her to come back. Y...

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Author bio

I write occasionally.

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #156

The Art of Inventing Untruths – read story