Ritu Singh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Whiskey, bollocks and the aftermath” by Ritu Singh

Submitted to Contest #79

Thanksgiving week is the only time of the year when an international student catches a break in a foreign university. The vacation is perfectly positioned between the last day of classes and final exams and spans ten days. Auburn University is no exception to this, offering the students a week and a half of winter solace.  A red-haired, nineteen-year-old Indian woman was sitting on the roadside snuggled in a zebra-print blanket. She was struggling to keep the cigarette in her hand lit long enough so she could use it to light another wi...

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“Suzanne: A desolate spectre” by Ritu Singh

Submitted to Contest #78

Honey glazed almonds, caramel popcorn and a ukulele have one thing in common -- they are aesthetically wholesome. Looking back at the years she had spent in sheer loneliness, this was an out of body experience. With the first vibration induced by the nylon-string ukulele, she could feel her soul reverbing. At that point, all that mattered was what she had gained in her life. Loss was a thing that was known but never felt, for she had suppressed feeling altogether. She had repressed her mum, dad and even herself which was lost, wandering for ...

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Author bio

Hi! I am Ritu from Delhi, India. I am a middle-class average Indian youngster (?) currently searching for my calling and taking a sabbatical from life. I have been trying to navigate life while expressing about how interesting I believe myself to be (Again, '?' ). This is an insight into my 26-year-old long life.