Sara Akins

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Passenger” by Sara Akins

Submitted to Contest #230

As the mournful night drifted by her window, Susanna knew nothing of her future, and very little of her past. Every person in the train car, including herself, drew shallow breaths under the dampened light. Cigarette sighs hung in the air, and a dozen sullen eyelids drooped down to the floor. Susanna stole secret glances at the others, when she dared. She liked to imagine what brought them here, onto this dark, creaking train, hidden beneath the belly of midnight. One woman had coarse hands and sensitive eyes. She was loosely wrapped in a w...

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“5 A.M.” by Sara Akins

Submitted to Contest #210

This story contains sensitive content, including descriptions of depression and a stillbirth. Evelyn woke up at dusk. She let too many minutes slip by as she watched the hollow gray light pour across her ceiling. When she finally rolled over and faced the forest outside her window, Evelyn saw what she thought were hundreds of white flowers descending into view, but when she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she realized the flowers were merely the gaps of sky between the trees. Evelyn felt a pang of disappointment at having lost so m...

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Author bio

Aspiring writer/filmmaker, NYU 2027.