Riya Das

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“One of us” by Riya Das

There’s nothing much you can do when you are ambushed in your own home by yourself. When you wake up to your disgruntled face and you think your aunt was right when she said your nose was too big for you face. There is nothing quite like having a midnight episode with your clone, both battered and confused, ready to eliminate the other. That is what I was doing, wrestling my clone onto the floor, as one does, on the dark, dense morning of the first day of the new year. “You’re making a mistake, Der. I am the real one.” Der number two, decl...

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“Heavenly” by Riya Das

Submitted to Contest #81

“The Royal Enclave has a wonderful view of the city. Should I book a table for us there, Colin?” “Well yes, you can do so. How about the buffet from nine?” “Very well, then. Yes, looking forward to meeting you as well.” Beep. The phone went black and Eva lay back on her chair. Her satin, mauve shaded dress sighed on her behalf as the cloth dragged over the wooden chair. Her eyes fell on a picture, as they always did, kept on the mantle above the fireplace. It was a Polaroid, torn on one edge, placed against a crystal ashtray. A young m...

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