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Sara Rotondi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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Aurora and Eve

Sara Rotondi

Submitted to Contest #86

“Do you smell it, Eve?” Aurora stopped churning the butter and stuck her nose into the air. “Smell what?” I asked and looked around for what she could possibly be smelling. “The morning dew of course. What else would I be talking about?” Aurora exclaimed as if I was the crazy one. “I don’t know maybe the piles of manure outside.” “Oh stop being so grumpy. Dew means spring. Spring means flowers. Flowers mean happiness,” Aurora adopted a dreamy look in her eyes and clasped her hands against her chest. “We’re a farmer’s daughters, ...

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Generations

Sara Rotondi

Submitted to Contest #85

New York City 2021 “Maya, come in here you need to help with some of these boxes,” Maya’s mother Donna called from the living room. Maya opened her bedroom door while looking down at her phone, disinterested in the entire packing process. Maya finished the text she was typing and shut off her phone and put it in her back pocket. “Do we absolutely have to move? I’m about to start my senior year of high school. I already have my life here,” Maya complained. “Yes, we absolutely have to. I know you already have a lot of friends here b...

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A New New Normal

Sara Rotondi

Submitted to Contest #84

I woke up to the sound of my phone buzzing continuously. I let it ring a few times and hoped that the person on the other would get the hint and stop calling. Unfortunately, whoever was calling needed me right then and there and couldn’t wait until a reasonable hour to talk to me. After the third call came through I rolled over and grabbed my phone off the bedside table. “Why?” I answered the phone without even looking at the caller ID. “Alessia, tell me you watched the news this morning,” Devin’s voice came out from the other end. ...

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Rediscovery

Sara Rotondi

Submitted to Contest #83

Being underwater always made me feel like I was floating. My hair and my limbs guided by the ripples and spread out around me. I was always at peace under the water. With my eyes closed it’s a black void where I let go of my senses. With my eyes open it’s a wide blue expanse and if I’m lucky a fish would swim by me. That’s why I came to the island. I needed to get away from the hustle of the city. It was my dream to be a big city girl but when I got there I knew it wasn’t for me. I just wasn’t the kind of person who found it easy to ada...

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Unlonely

Sara Rotondi

Submitted to Contest #82

Brad sat at his kitchen table and stared unblinkingly at the circular device that rested before him. When his therapist supplied him with this thing he was skeptical. He had problems trusting people as it is, how is going to learn to trust a piece of technology? Regardless, Brad took it and since he got home he could not bring himself to put his techniques into practice. Even though Brad was technically by himself the awkwardness in the room was palpable. He did not know what to say to a thing that was supposed to talk back to him. Br...

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