Sasha D

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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“Paris Éternelle” by Sasha D

Submitted to Contest #285

I remember Paris. Not Paris of Troy, but Paris, the city of love—the city we all love, even when her mood turns grim on winter days.Paris has seen and been the stage of much change; I’ve always been there to witness it all. I’m not sure who I am, but I know who she is. I know her every street and corner, from the vast and damp catacombs to the most minute inscriptions on the cross perched at the top of the Sacré-Coeur, her most passionate lovers and her greatest enemies; sometimes, it’s hard to discern where I end from where she begins.My fi...

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“Quiet Shadow” by Sasha D

Submitted to Contest #274

Michael Hughes set his teacup down with practiced grace, eyeing across the veranda. Behind him, a red pagoda cast long shadows over his otherworldly garden, where solemn statues stood sentinel among unfamiliar plants. His blue-grey eyes, piercing and astute, seemed to look through Margaret. "Drawn by the occult, are you, Miss Hodgkins?" His voice coarse and unfeeling. “I understand Gothic fiction is quite popular these days among the youth.” Margaret nodded weakly, relaxing a bit as the familiar subject took hold. "It’s for my writing assign...

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Author bio

Writing is all about conveying ideas and evoking emotion in the reader. What makes it so special is that it can affect anyone, even those who weren’t keen on listening in the first place—that’s what I love about it so much I get a lot of weird ideas, bad ideas, and good ideas. Sometimes I write them down, and when I do, they might end up here. If you’ve stumbled across this page, congrats! You’ve found a needle in a haystack—though, I suppose, that can be said about anything