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Samara Aridi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2024

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Resident on the Shelf: Notes from an Experimental Brain

Samara Aridi

Submitted to Contest #304

Voices? Noise? Perhaps hallucinations. It’s 9 AM. I’m supposed to start the day. But I wasn’t like this last night. At night, a river opened in my head—steady, strong, overflowing. Words poured through my fingers; thoughts spilled like ink across the page. I was electric. Ideas multiplied, split, twisted into stories. Delusions of grandeur? Maybe. But in that moment, I was limitless. At night, there is permission to be different. The pressure to perform, to look composed, to answer questions, melts away. I no longer have to hide my chaos beh...

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Whispering Library

Samara Aridi

Submitted to Contest #300

The strong wind blew, carrying the fallen leaves off the road. The street looked as if a hurricane had stuck the entire city. Roads were deserted, and silence reigned. Nora stood under a small awning on Hamra Street. "The winter has turned out to be harsher than I expected" she muttered to herself. "Just a little bit more, and I'll reach the library. "Ugh such a cold weather".She crossed the street, the wind biting at her cheeks, and arrived at the whispering library. But when she reached the familiar building's corner, her breath caught. It...

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