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Sarah Desouza

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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Grace instead of a Party

There was once this young woman called Anna. She loved music, watching tv shows, netflix, working out, singing...there was a whole lot of things that she loved- but deep down inside she was just an ordinary young Anna.She turned down a Halloween party, but something was going to happen that day, that would change the way she thought about the world.She didn't go to her halloween party. Her closest friend Jane had invited her. She didn't go because she didn't have something nice to wear. 'Attend the party' was the best friend Jane's advice- '...

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Gladys the Wonder Worker

'You wanna do something fun?' she said. She was a mermaid! She sat on a rock near to the Lagoon that I owned.'You wanna do something fun?' she said as she woke me up from my happy sunday slumber. I was so happy to see her - she was so beautiful. She was exactly like the mermaid from my dream! I was still half-awake. When I realised and came to my senses, I realised it was only my best friend Gladys.Gladys you know you would look like a model if you got a haircut and put on some make up? You'd also need to bathe more often', I joked, throwing...

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Life is a beach

It is often said that 'life is a beach', and can be a lazy dream if you want. Here I am lying in my hammock and nothing disturbs me. I feel a peace like no other.Here I am on a Sunday, lying here like this, and sipping on a cocktail. There is nothing better than the wispy breeze on my skin and the beautiful balmy weather that seems to disturb no one, and my sun hat is on my face, protecting me from the 10 am sun.I decide to get off the hammock and take a look around. I can see an empty boat lying on the white sands, just next to the incoming...

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Samoa runs away

Once there was this little girl. She was a bit of a dreamer. The daydreaming sort, it was okay because she wasn't yet 18. Samoa loved the place she lived in, she never wanted to leave. The familiarity of living there was very lived-in and useful for her, she never wanted to change her lifestyle.Samoa turned 18. She had a very strict upbringing. Having seen nothing of the world, and being confined to home most of the time, She had not spent much time adulting. Samoa was now a grown woman and was full of her own fierce individuality. She had j...

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Cute Security Guard

Once there was this small company with a very limited amount of employees working there. It had a boss, as it is with most companies, and it had a small number of staff who assisted him and were accountable only to him. It was always a cheerful little place; the pristine office had two floors and was located in the plush part of the city. The company normally always reached its targets and always exhibited a high degree of professionalism. The work environment was great too. If there was anything about this particular company that was co...

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Saving Vanessa Mc Connelly

Submitted to Contest #105

One day there was a huge protest rally on the streets of Boston. They seemed to be screaming 'Abortion is wrong!' Sally took a look outside her window - there was a throng of people. She rather hated protests. She agreed that Abortion was wrong in her heart, but she didn't really like all the noise they were making. She believed that 'All life was sacred'. Her parents thought the same.The nurse at the hospital where Sally was born, asked her father whether aborting Sally was a good option, because there some fears that she would be a sick ba...

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Greg, the lover

Submitted to Contest #104

'Are you coming tonight?' He asked staring at me with his big blue eyes. We were both hiding behind the locker in the corridor. High School Prom was coming up and he actually asked me to accompany him. The guy I had a crush on for years! All throughout high school! That is a memory that never left me! I often wondered why I said 'no'. I was always the shy introverted type. When the class extrovert Greg asked me on a date, I was truly floored. It was the ultimate ice breaker, I remembered it years later. I said 'no' because I didn't have a ...

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Sam rises like a Phoenix

Submitted to Contest #102

To rise like a phoenix from the ashes can often be a difficult thing.It is often human nature to think that resilience is not possible. Sam did in fact rise from the ashes like a phoenix, when he took on some new challenges. This is his story.Sam always did had a great sense of adventure. He was an energetic man who loved riding horses. He also had a great career that gave him enough time to spend on all of his hobbies. He was a wealthy man. He had risen to great heights in his professional life. He started small, and found his way up the co...

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"I'll climb the tower"

Submitted to Contest #101

Once there was this rather stupid eleven year old boy. Every one thought so! People thought he was dumb!He was bad at most things the other children were really good at! He didn't like studying. In fact he didn't like school at all! He loved bunking school and going fishing with his friends.In spite of all these things he was a dreamer! He thought he was smart! No one else thought he was!One day he happened to watch a movie in which a man climbed a tower. He was very impressed by it. So he decided he would do the same! There was a tower near...

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It was Serendipity!

Todd met Sweeney at a College Music Festival. She was a nerd, he was a popular guy with the most beautiful girls all around him. They went on a date and watched When 'Harry Met Sally'. They dated for a while.They got along well but they later parted ways.They met again on a flight to Amsterdam, he was going to pursue his higher education, she was going to find a job. They met and spoke to each other for a long time, and after the flight they parted ways again.They met a third time and fell in love. They were in a relationship for quite a whi...

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God and Sunshine: Laney observes the sunrise!

Submitted to Contest #99

She looked outside her window. It was only 5 am! Laney decided to journal, while being mindful about her own feelings.  She wanted to observe the sun rising today, while noticing the tiny nuances around her and wanted to write about it as well, all in graphic detail! She also decided to take note of her own feelings, even the minor nuances. She knew that within a few minutes Mrs. Woodsy would be going on her morning run. Soon the birds would be singing. None of it had happened yet though. She decided to get it all down in her mindf...

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Jennifer's Glow Up

Submitted to Contest #89

February happened to be the same month as Jennifer Grande's birthday.She was so excited about her birthday - there were alot of things she wanted to do, like get a manicure, buy a new dress and lose some weight. So she could fit into the new dress. She also hoped she would get a promotion, as she felt she had been working really hard at work.It was a sunday and suddenly the doorbell rang and she rushed to open it. Without thinking, she opened the door and there was Louanne, her friendly neighbour. She was just standing there with an awkward ...

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Grace of the Spirit

Grace seemingly had a lot of problems in her life. She didn't have many friends. In fact, she didn't have any friends. She was really bad at school work! She usually got terrible grades in her class tests. It all made her a bit depressed, and she felt like life was indeed unfair... She felt she was frustrated and wanted something else in life. One day, she saw an old lady on her way to school. The old lady was seated on a bench and was praying the rosary. She knew what it was because she had seen her mother praying the Rosary almos...

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Roberto 'Gets a life !'

Submitted to Contest #82

Fast forward to the not-so-distant future, the year 2040 when a half-android, half human, named Roberto was just your average kid.Roberto Pacino otherwise lived an absurdly normal life. All his peers thought he was Italian and he grew up like any regular neighbourhood geek. He attended high school just like all the other teenagers of his age.Roberto, though, was different in a way that even he found a little confusing!Roberto was so good at schoolwork, it never ceased to amaze people. People around him were indeed impressed by his intelligen...

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