Um E Hani

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Judging by the Cover” by Um E Hani

Submitted to Contest #52

People hustled down the stairs. Everyone was in a hurry. The clock struck 2 pm as I made my way down the plane carrying my handbag. Finally, I had made it to my destination. I let out a sigh of relief as I boarded the van taking passengers from the runway back to the building. 8 hours! It had surely been a long flight!Ever since I applied for the internship abroad, it had been hectic. The interviews, the language exams and the visa application. Oh the visa application! It is so hard to make it through all the bias. I wondered if I was n...

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“Spare No Effort” by Um E Hani

Submitted to Contest #52

I have given up. No amount of effort will bring him back to me. They are right, he is gone forever. I have decided to drop the lawsuit. It had been three months since they took him away from me. Ever since he was gone, my home had not been the same. It is just a house. A house, with memories. Thousands and thousands of memories. Memories of him preparing food for me. Memories of him lifting me off the couch while I peacefully slept, or so he thought, and putting me in my bed. After all, this was where I was born, where he first experienced...

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“You don’t know everything, Mommy. I do !” by Um E Hani

Submitted to Contest #51

“Mom look! A shooting star!” exclaimed young Ben, standing at the edge of the cliff. “Well, did you make your wish honey?” replied Nadia, trying her best to smile. It felt hard but she had to, the boy needed it. Things had been rough for her lately. The regular hospital visits, her tiring work together with the weekly money collection drives had left her completely exhausted. With her health deteriorating intensely, it wasn’t easy to juggle all of this anymore. Julie had been a big support but after all, she was young. Nadia was tr...

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Author bio

A 19 year old CS student with a passion for writing! You see that blue-white button on top? I'd tap that!