Sofia Ortega

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“Only When the Ghosts Are Out” by Sofia Ortega

Submitted to Contest #65

           - Danny Strong…Luba Campbell…Craig Pears… – And so the names of the gone kept going on. – …Derek Rushmore…Patricia Lim… - That was the system of the dead. Each one of them was kept in little rooms that could fit about 50 persons, 53 if there were kids. They were organized in distinct sections, specifically of how they died; choked, drowned, disease, car accidents, and so on. They had little notes stick to the walls outside of the rooms to identify each category, calling their ...

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“An Old Rusty Broken Watch” by Sofia Ortega

Submitted to Contest #62

When Tyler Lerman was seven years old he saw a ghost. He was listening to that old vinyl his father had lent him once. That time, Tyler stole it from the chest that was stored underneath his parent’s bed. Not that he wasn’t allowed to touch it, but it was so precious to his father, he didn’t know what he would think. Once he got it, he closed the door of his room and sat on the floor to listen to it on that vintage box his grandfather once gave him. The song wasn’t any good; it was slow, long, and occasionally gave Tyler a headache if he li...

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Love to write (duh), watch movies, shows, read and more. 18 years old. I write to tell my story and the story of the ones that don't have a voice to tell it themselves. Instagram: @_sofi_ortega_