Saif Mohamed

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Retrieval” by Saif Mohamed

Submitted to Contest #72

Sean leaned on the pickup for a second, before realizing that his midnight-blue pants were smeared with the dirt on the door. He couldn’t leave the “grocery” in there because his uncle has disappeared along with the keys. His eyes moved between the parking in front of the supermarket, and his silver Rolex, gulping the anxiety of what it tells. Behind the supermarket was a vast, dense forest, where his uncle emerged out of the shrubs. “Sorry it took so long, had to answer the call of nature.” He said as he was buttoning his jeans. “You didn’t...

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“The Akhtabbut” by Saif Mohamed

“Well? Which website will it be?” Nathan poked his friend to keep up with the leaving class, “I know most of ‘em.”“Still need to do my research on that,” Olin replied, his mind half-distrait “I’ll need to wire up the basement. Do me a favor and send me your calculus homework, will ya?”“Call me when you’re home!” Nathan shouted as his friend disappeared in the student crowds.Olin’s eyes kept coming back to his watch, fearing he would miss his bus ride, and wait for the next one. That way, by the time he would reach his home – or his grandmoth...

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“The Nest” by Saif Mohamed

Submitted to Contest #60

One humid summer night in 2022, the US President was awakened by an emergency call for a meeting, requested by the head of NASA. In the next day, the President was on air, informing the world that Earth was in the way of a fleet of meteors, the average size of one of them is bigger than times square. Unless properly dealt with, he said, they could be the end of life as we know it. As searches of the Times Square size surged, many governments started a joint initiative to send a number of highly advanced missiles to destroy the celestial bodi...

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“Perfect Shards” by Saif Mohamed

Submitted to Contest #59

It has been over a week since arrival, but I almost couldn’t tell. These days are too busy for me to take any time for myself. Moving from Oregon was not easy when I’m on my own, but I’m glad my mom has been supportive all the way, and it’s a career decision after all – Not to mention that Tokyo looks stunning all day long.There is a vivid impression that the city is always alive. Crowds of people are moving everywhere, the streets are packed with neon lights and interesting places at every turn. Why would I mind moving here alone then?I wis...

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Author bio

Someone who got quite interested in writing.