Uma Coffey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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“A disease we don't even know we have” by Uma Coffey

Submitted to Contest #99

If one more person over fifty tells me to enjoy my youth (‘It’s the most exciting time of your entire life!’), I think I’ll tackle them. I don’t think that I’ll be able to stop myself physically tackling them. I don’t know if they’ve forgotten what youth is like, or whether what they’re saying is true, so I’m either just the only teenager ever not having the best time of my life, or the rest of my life is going to be even more boring and depressing than what I’m experiencing right now. And I can’t figure out which I prefer, ho...

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“Mother and Mum” by Uma Coffey

Submitted to Contest #99

The walls shake as the thundering screams erupt from the living room. The cat ran outside ages ago, it’s like she senses the storm before we others do. Days like this often happen when she hasn’t slept well. From the bright and early sunrise you can tell she has a cold sort of stare in her eyes. But someway, somehow she always seems to surprise us, time upon time we fail to avoid it, and time upon time I witness mum fight for me. Most of the time I manage by hiding under my bed, and it’s almost like she doesn...

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