Roxane Llanque

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023

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“The Calamity Convergence” by Roxane Llanque

Submitted to Contest #194

It was six am on a Sunday morning when the doorbell ripped me from sleep. I fell out of bed, zombie-walked to my door, and came face to face with the wheezing custodian.“Miss, I'm afraid the builders renovating our cellars have busted a water pipe and when they tried to repair it, they, um-” He wiped the sweat of his face with a sigh. “They caused a small gas leak. I must ask you to stay in your flat and inform you that as of this moment you have no access to water.” He ended bending over, propping himself up on his knees in exhaustion. And ...

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“Scapegoat Court” by Roxane Llanque

Submitted to Contest #192

Artemy made himself very small when he entered the corner pub on Pretoria Road. It was no easy feat; he hunched his broad shoulders and bowed his head through the narrow English door - he'd spent that entire morning choosing a shirt that would be considered inconspicuous. When he lifted himself onto one of the bar stools as quietly as he could, he stared down the old oak wood, certain that the older two gentlemen a few seats down were staring at him. He knew he looked Russian. He never knew exactly what that meant, but people had told him al...

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Author bio

I like to craft things from clay, paint, and words. My little story "The Tell-Tale Present" won the 2023 Outstanding Short Story Competition of World Pride Australia :) I made it my goal to master the English language all my life, but I'm not a native speaker - please do point out mistakes if there are any! But some of it might just be me playing around, which I like to do in this language^^ Twitter: @roxanellanque