Tajia D

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

53 karma pts

?

“Dottie” by Tajia D

Submitted to Contest #104

Music drifted through the air. I swayed gently in the middle of the room, savoring every piano note and drawn-out lyric. I’d been busy for weeks, and had a packed schedule for the upcoming months, so that was the last time I’d have a night to myself for a long time. I didn’t really plan for it to happen, I had obligations for that night, but everything had been canceled or rescheduled, leaving me with an opportunity in my lap. I liked being alone. Being surrounded by people all the time was stressful, but I never got the opportunity to be al...

Read story

“The Land of Compromise” by Tajia D

Submitted to Contest #104

You were always the one that wanted to go out. You never turned down a call to adventure, no matter the kind, and I was always the one to resist it. The only adventure I wanted was the kind in books. All wrapped up with a neat little bow, and never requiring me to leave my room. I could travel to faraway lands and meet beautiful people with just a few pages, but you never left it at that. You insisted that I needed real adventure, and after some convincing and coaxing, I’d go with. We were just kids. The adventures we went on were laughable...

Read story

“The Life and Death of Cordelia Abrams” by Tajia D

Submitted to Contest #102

When I was a young girl, my family and I moved out of the city, and into the sleepy town of Weston. My father had painted us a beautiful picture of what living in the countryside would be like. My sister and I were promised fields of flowers, and Sunday picnics and cold creeks to splash through. We moved into a large, beautiful house, surrounded by hills, fields, forests, creeks, and anything else two adventurous little girls could want. In the city, we had lived in a tiny apartment that always smelled musty. It wasn’t safe to go out at nigh...

Read story

Author bio

Tajia D has not written a bio yet!