Rusham Verma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Today's Judgement” by Rusham Verma

Submitted to Contest #95

“Why do you always do this?! You just sit here all day on the couch and watch TV all day long! Get a job!” “ Hey! Get aside! You’re blocking my view!” “ Oh! Am I? Sorry for that, my king. Get up off your ass and stop smoking! For god’s sake!” I am peering from inside my room through the inches of the door that is opened. Dad finally gets up and walks towards mom. He dominates her as he is much taller than her, but she doesn’t even flinch. My dad yells,” What did you say?! If you won’t move yourself, then I’ll move you!” His hand goes back an...

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“The Lost Story” by Rusham Verma

Submitted to Contest #93

“I don’t know exactly how to say what happened. It was just--just so much. I don’t even know how I got this far.”, I say, taking the cup of coffee presented to me from the center table. I am sitting in a white room with paintings of famous artists on the walls and dark blue furniture. The man standing in front of me, leaning against the table, and looking straight into my eyes, is Dr. Henrick, the college therapist. He responds, now turning away from my face and going back to sit in his chair,” Look, I’m not appointed to listen to every stud...

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“The Library's Ghost” by Rusham Verma

Submitted to Contest #92

TW: suicide “Ashley! Jessie! How many times do I have to tell you to be quiet?”, the librarian shouted at both the girls with an exasperated face, her voice thundering like the thunderstorm outside. She had deep wrinkles and a long neck with a flimsy body, her skin under her eyes dark indicating she hadn’t slept in days. “We’re sorry, Mrs. Canes. We didn’t mean to make so much noise.”, Ashley apologizes. Jessie adds,” Yeah, it will not happen again.” Mrs. Canes goes back to her desk. Jessie whispers to Ashley,” She looks like she needs...

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