Sara Darvish

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Forest of Writing Utensils” by Sara Darvish

Submitted to Contest #140

In the final weeks of summer before senior year, I ventured into a series of sinister eating habits. By the fall’s return, I was paying for it with sleep. My brief flirtation with dietary mischief had activated an alarming bout of restless legs syndrome, which left me frantic with lethargy and insomnia. Worse yet, my punishment was lasting well into the new year. Off the record, my teachers were advised to be more forgiving when I became prone to falling asleep in class. You can only imagine just how mortifying this was for me, at seven...

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32 / Montréal, QC. Recently joined Reedsy Prompts. I write metafiction mostly, and sometimes poetry.