Sara Abbood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Daylight” by Sara Abbood

Submitted to Contest #197

They rise at sunset. Kicking and clawing through the dirt with cracked grey nails and broken teeth; stumbling over silent gravestones with the grace of an alcoholic. Here, the earth is barren. Flowers refuse to sprout for fear of withering; succumbing to the rampant plague of death stretching acres of land. Among them are the nocturnal inhabitants. Owls, vultures, crows, opossums, and the Undead. Opportunistic feeders lunging at the first sign of life outside their bleak forms. When they aren’t feasting on the rotting carcass of an unfortuna...

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“Grey” by Sara Abbood

Submitted to Contest #84

The world is grey. Odd to say, trust me I know. But the sky is completely colorless; the sun tucked beneath a lingering blanket of smog. Sometimes I imagined God poking a straw through our world and sucking all the blue from the atmosphere. A cold drink, a welcome respite from this suffocating warmth. But then I see the factories with their black belch. Our lungs become choked with thick smoke, tongues covered with ash. And I know this isn’t some work from God, but rather centuries of neglect and ignorance. They give us masks to ward off ...

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Author bio

An aspiring author with a love of fantasy.