Valerie M.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“A Lick of Foresight” by Valerie M.

Submitted to Contest #218

Ananya bit her cheek just hard enough for the salty sweetness of blood and saliva to wash across her tongue. The pain and swelling receded as she released the flesh to meditate on the flavours that skimmed across her tongue. “Eat, child.” Velka’s scolding was muffled through Ananya’s cotton-stuffed ears. “You will never learn the flavours of the world if you do not experience them.” Ananya focused on the coolness of air flowing across her tongue as she quelled her frustration with a deep breath. She was one-and-twenty this past spring. No ...

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“Chickened Out” by Valerie M.

Submitted to Contest #211

Sam—short for Samhain, not Samuel, the irony of which was not lost on himself or his family—worked as a software engineer in the suburbs. His position was uniquely suited to him for two reasons: he enjoyed the clarity of numbers and the complexity of problem solving, and he preferred to avoid all human contact, which was exponentially easier to do when he rarely left home.  Though his parents had raised him to be a risk-taker, Sam favored a quieter life glimpsed through the all-seeing window of his computer screen. It didn’t bother him...

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Author bio

Took me a long time to figure out what to put here because, how do I summarize myself without going into excruciating detail or feeling like I half-assed it? So, here: my favourite things in life are my cats, tea, learning new things, dancing, and falling into a story.