Shifra Steinberg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“The Lady” by Shifra Steinberg

Mr. Verdome was one of those annoying characters who seemed to be good at almost everything. With an emphasis on almost, as he was not very good-natured, a characteristic which would have saved him on many an occasion, had he possessed it. He did have a talent for all kinds of useless things though: solving equations, painting, writing, poetry, and best of all, if he saw, lets say, a snail on the sidewalk, he was especia...

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“The Artist” by Shifra Steinberg

The unbearable thing about living is not so much being but being oneself. God put billions of us into the world and gave us all, as a joke, our own life and morals. The universe never planned on me, or you, only some specimens based on the original model. Like a car, each made of the same essential central engineering. The only difference being the license plate. For a human, the license plate is their ...

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Author bio

Short story writer. Article writer about the absurdity of life in general. My novel, Imaginary Order, will be out next year. https://shifra.substack.com/