Shalom Aranas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“There Are Two Windows in Our Bedroom” by Shalom Aranas

Submitted to Contest #97

There are two windows in our bedroom. I could throw out my husband or an old lover. Hence, the dilemma. I was potting my market-bought roses onto the rich, loamy soil of our garden on Tagaytay Mountain. They were bright red and small roses which bristled in the wind. I was leery of the fact they may not survive the coming rains. But I was optimistic. He came from nowhere. Dis. He is an old lover from a turbulent past I had torn myself from, fled from and married another to settle down to have children and be stable. I admit, I used my famil...

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“When Two People Decide” by Shalom Aranas

Submitted to Contest #95

The tip of the sword is like my pen on linen paper. I write in haste every detail of how love dies.The angel gives birth to the daughter of a monster, the vampire she loved. He died in battle and so, his friend, the Vampire of Ogrencisi followed her up the Balkan Mountain to kill her and take the baby as his ward for twenty-one years and shall marry her. She stays at a convent and after giving birth, the clouds occlude the sun, a sign that the vampire has arrived.I write, the pen scratching on paper like bird’s feet scratching against the sk...

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“Stella Among the Banaba Flowers” by Shalom Aranas

Submitted to Contest #90

Stella Among the Banaba FlowersI’ve seen beauty.A black Aspin dog was being offered for adoption. Her name was Stella and she roamed the territory of my sister’s condo’s compound from the outside. She was described as being terribly shy and afraid when touched. She looked emaciated and dehydrated. Her black fur was close to her skin but they managed to take a photo of her almost smiling but was really just looking at the camera of the phone with keen interest at what they were doing. Her brown ears were up and nippy. Her black, almond shaped...

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