Richard Zahra

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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“Frozen Whispers in the Polar Night” by Richard Zahra

Submitted to Contest #232

October I have been living alone in Grandpa’s cabin for over a month now. The long days with golden sunsets have gradually faded, and the nights are getting longer and longer. Yesterday, when I turned on the satellite phone, I found three messages from Mum, asking me how I was. My reply was very dry: “I’m fine, don’t worry.” She had tried to dissuade me from embarking on my arctic pilgrimage to the island of Svalbard from the very start. She had told me that for a young woman like me, accustomed to living in a bustling city, that remote p...

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“From Riches to Rags” by Richard Zahra

Submitted to Contest #231

Greg Balfour sat back on the ancient couch that had been thrown out by the neighbours years ago, and which he had dragged the length of the alley to replace its woodworm-riddled predecessor. He had been watching “Lawrence of Arabia” from a secondhand DVD he had bought at the street market. After three long hours, the motion picture was nearing its conclusion, and though he had watched this movie at least three times before, it still enthused him. The box-sized living room of his partly renovated old house was dim and stuffy. He took one la...

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Author bio

I am a Maltese travel writer and author of fiction. Articles and stories of mine have been published in numerous magazines and websites across the world. My debut novel, "By Way of the Valley," is a thrilling mystery novel set in an arcadian Tuscan valley whose breathtaking beauty stands out against the underlying sinister aspect of Italian society.