Sarah Desouza

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

Stories (29)

29 Stories

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“Sidekick Wife” by Sarah Desouza

My husband was a soldier. I loved him dearly. I knew that he was the bravest young man. He was so brave, and so strong. As someone married to a guy that served with the military, I often wondered about my handsome man. I always thought back when I was a child, that when I grew up, I too would do something phenomenal. But being a natural introvert, I steered away from anything too noisy, and preferr...

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“ Jessica's Blue Eyes” by Sarah Desouza

There was this young woman who had extraordinarily blue eyes. So blue, they sparkled in the dark. She herself did not know the secret of her blue eyes. All she knew is they might help someone fall in love with her someday. Jessica liked to think about things deeply. She liked to imagine that things were larger than life. She often wondered about the greater scheme of things. She felt that Einstein didn't ...

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“"The Universe is Getting to Me" Joe said” by Sarah Desouza

Once there was this interesting young man. He had a penchant for doing things well. But one day things went their own sweet way, and he was wondering why. He woke up in the morning, and when he looked at his watch, he found he was late for work as his alarm did not ring. He was two hours late and he really didn't know why the alarm did not ring. "Oh bloody ell, the alarm did not ring. Why ...

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“Cats are Cats” by Sarah Desouza

Once there was this young woman. She was the intelligent sort. She loved animals. In particular, cats. When people asked her what sort of animal she would love to have for a pet, she would always reply by saying that she loved cats! "Cats are the sort you can be comfortable with. They are the type that made people feel like themselves. Cats in general are intelligent creatures. Cats are wonderful. " s...

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“Stella was the thing dreams were made of.” by Sarah Desouza

Stella's birthday was coming in three months. Since she had put a little weight she didn't know what to wear. She decided to get her friends to help her find a dress. There was a pink one she had spotted at the mall, on her last visit. However, she could not afford it. Stella dreamed up a plan. Stella was the thing dreams were made of. Stella decided that she would take on a project that had to do with cr...

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“Too Close For Comfort” by Sarah Desouza

"Follow that car" Godfrey Jones barked at the cab driver, as the vehicle ahead of them sped at a crazy speed in the middle of the busy street. He flashed his badge at the taxi driver and the listless man did as he was told. Just weeks ago he was sitting by the window of his small cheap apartment. He could afford a better place to live, but for the mission, he had been officially assigned, Godfrey had to l...

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“How George got his groove back ” by Sarah Desouza

Once there was this man. He was a busy, busy man. He was the type who almost never had enough time. A workaholic by nature, George was a very hardworking man. George Hickinson seemed to have everything going for him. He seemingly had a great job, a salary with lots of zeroes, a penthouse apartment, and every thing someone with a lot of money could ever ask for. The only problem was, he did...

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“What I did one night” by Sarah Desouza

One day I woke up on a very cold night, the cool winds caressing my skin. Thank Goodness I had my blanket around me, it was indeed colder than usual. It was indeed colder than usual. A sure sign that winter was coming. Finally, after the days that were so warm, too warm. Warmer than it needed to be. I was awakened by a dream. I woke up in a sort of "hazy" state. At least that was my ...

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“Those three words ...” by Sarah Desouza

She was just sitting there, looking out the window thinking about him. The snow kept falling, her thoughts were as free as the snow, she was randomly reminincing the times they were together and the things they did together. He did not know her feelings. She always wanted to tell him, but she never did. This ofcourse was the dark side of unrequited love. She looked out the window a long ...

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“Remembering Each Other” by Sarah Desouza

Once there was a young man named Harold who had a penchant for bumping into things and people.There also happened to be a young woman called Estella who had a penchant for bumping into things and people.Did it ever seem possible that these two could ever meet? They did not know anything about each other, except the one thing they had in common which was the familiar tendency to bump into things and people ofcourse.One day while Harold was in the Garden it started to rain even though it...

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“Funny Relationships” by Sarah Desouza

There was this guy and this girl that lived in apartments that were in the same building. The problem at that time was, that they hardly knew each other. He was a simpleton and apparently she was too.One day, as she was coming home from Grocery shopping, she had two big brown Grocery bags in her arms. Suddenly, she bumped into a very handsome man.It coincidentally was the same young man. It was a pretty hard thump, she was moving at a fast speed and so was he.Her grocery bags were now ...

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“Dorothy, the Twitterbug ” by Sarah Desouza

Once upon a time, in some relatively unknown corner of the world, lived an interesting young woman with an interesting perspective!All she ever wanted to do was to share this perspective with the world. She finally decided it was a good idea to work on her English, it seemed to need a bit of improvement! She felt that if she did this, more people would understand her when she spoke.Dorothy thought over it for a while. She knew her English was passable for someone wh...

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“A Cloud Gazing Love Story” by Sarah Desouza

This is the story of a young man called Tim Robbins. Tim was a 12 year old adolescent who loved sports and also happened to have a quirky love interest!The love interest in question, who was also the love of his life, was another adolescent. She was an academically gifted young lady who loved singing.Louella Descartes, like Tim, was 12 years old, was an interesting, gifted young woman, who had beautiful blue eyes. Tim hoped he could one day stare into those same Blue eyes for as long as possible, with h...

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“Sally's Beautiful Dream” by Sarah Desouza

Legend has it that Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree. He fell asleep and dreamed about the love of his life. Suddenly an apple fell from the tree, since it happened to be an apple tree.Legend also says that the apple fell square on his head, and that was when Newton discovered Gravity. Newton discovered that it was indeed the force of gravity that acted on the apple and that's what made it fall towards the ground.If there wasn't any gravity, the apple would have floated around in the sky, and he wo...

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“Love you, Meghan Davies!” by Sarah Desouza

'Listen...to your body. That's one of the most intuitive ways a person can control their cravings!' Meghan had once told me.I still remember her saying that!'Who?' you might ask me. But I once really did have this crazy friend called Meghan Davies. Today she also happens to be a nutritionist. She moved to Canada a few years ago.Apart from her crazy but great advice, we also had a crazy friendship!I was the 'official fatty' of the class, the only one of my size in my c...

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Author bio

Sarah has yet to establish herself as a content writer. Having worked in the real estate business for a couple of years, she has made the shift, and has considered working from home ever since the onset of the recent pandemic. She loves reading, writing and dreaming. She has recently become a published author with her new book named 'His Lingering Perfume' by Sarah D (herself) Everyone, If you like my writing here, you're sure to like my book! Yes, I wrote a romance novel called 'His Lingering Perfume' by Sarah D (me) It's like on Barnes n Noble, Storytel, Amazon n all. I'll post the link hopefully it's clickable. Otherwise just google it k! Again it's a Greatttt book that costs close to nothing. It would be a great favour if you wrote a nice review for me. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-lingering-perfume-sarah-d/1141299175. A refreshingly different romance, if young love is your thing. Their relationship sizzles ...in the rather short book, and it has a message. Not spoiling the ending, but it's about the lonely shy rich girl in love Sarah D is also on Medium! https://medium.com/@sarahbiblion