Sachi Shah

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“Ignorance Is Bliss” by Sachi Shah

“You’ll never know unless you try! Just one pill will take all your problems away!” The incessant cries of the street vendors fell upon deaf ears as Adamu Otieno raced down the busy road on his rickety bicycle, feeling the warm Mombasa breeze brush past his face. The cobalt blue paintwork had faded long ago, but the good-natured twenty year old did not mind. His bicycle got him to all the...

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“Knowledge is Power” by Sachi Shah

1375 Ibrahim Bakir dipped the slender tip of his qualm into the sooty black inkwell. Despite the afternoon sun radiating through the open windows, the ageing scribe’s eyes strained with fatigue. All around him, the sights and sounds of the Great Kingdom of Mali blended into a cacophony of shrieks, bleats and yells. Arabic market sellers bartered their goods in a guttural resonance whilst t...

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“The Extraordinary Adventure of Jacob McMullen” by Sachi Shah

Jacob McMullen was a curious child.He had read every book in the family bookshelf including the A-Z and the Dictionary. He knew the proper names of all the creatures that lived in the garden, from the insects to the flowers, and even the clouds.Jacob had hundreds of ideas stored in his brain, for rainy days and sunny days and all the days in between. The trouble was, he was not allowed to do any of them. When he had asked his mother if they could go to the shops, she ...

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“Little Annie” by Sachi Shah

It was a peaceful day in the house. A small wispy figure drifted aimlessly through the rooms, basking in the soft moonlight that peeked through the gaps in the curtains.She sighed softly, reminiscing of days gone by.Once upon a time she had been little Annie – a fearless creature that jumped in muddy puddles without a care in the world.All was well, until the Carnival arrived.The dazzling lights; the cloying scents; the heat of the crowd; the screams from the rides.

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“A Most Forgetful Squirrel” by Sachi Shah

The Forest was alive with birdsong. The sun would not rise for another hour, yet the robins, blackbirds and thrushes had already started to fill the crisp morning air with their sweet melody. Squirrel shifted in his den, awakening slowly. He rubbed his face with his back paws, followed by a thorough grooming of his bushy speckled tail. When he was satisfied with his job, Squirrel rose ou...

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“Zippy” by Sachi Shah

I have been called many names over the years.Before the poison seeped into the waters, the small children that played on the sandy shores named me ‘sea-dragon’.Although I was barely a hatchling in those days, I spent long hours propelling myself through the cool waters of the Pacific, imagining I was as marvellous and grand as the children believed I was.But then, the evil arrived.It travelled in great ships that threw out terrible devices which swallowed the entire o...

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“Clementine” by Sachi Shah

Clementine knew many things. She knew her name, for this had been given to her by the Kind Lady that left scraps out for her to eat in the Garden.And she knew the Garden as this was where she had resided her whole life. In the mornings, she watched the Birds pecking for worms before the sun had barely peeked over the horizon; in the evenings, she watched the Fox scamper around the trash, retrieving remnants to take back to her brood.She knew the names of all the creatures, big and...

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