Zaynah Chummun

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“The Pinocchio Syndrome and Me” by Zaynah Chummun

Submitted to Contest #76

Have you ever heard of the ‘Pinocchio syndrome’? Because somehow, I feel like it has made my life a living hell. My name is Dino Gorden, a final year student in Journalism, aspiring to become one of the most successful and famous reporters in the world– a dream I have been harbouring since childhood. Since you are expected to communicate only truthful information in this field, I have always despised anything related to lies and with that being said, I’m also unable to tell even the smallest lie possible. What comes from my mouth should be t...

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“My unsaid words” by Zaynah Chummun

Submitted to Contest #76

Just like every day, the gift shop I worked at after school, was crowded and since there were just two of us working, I merely had anytime to breathe. Jason, my only co-worker and I were paid peanuts, but we dared not ask for a raise. The boss here was a real tyrant, a living vampire sucking the blood out of his employees, a miser who would not allow even the slightest penny discount nor raise our salary despite our hard work, a modern example of Hitler, torturing people, turning us into zombies. How I wished I could actually spit each...

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