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Clem Clem

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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The Reptilian Orchestra

Weekly Contest #367

 Today, I find myself backstage, sitting on a speaker about the size of a night table, holding a violin bow like a sword and staring at the clock on the wall, waiting to give the most critical performance of my year. How did I even end up in this strange, cold land? Have I ever chosen to come here, or was I destined to fulfil someone else's ambitions? These thoughts come up uninvited while I am trying to mentally retrace a few tricky notes that I worry will escape my memory. 'Take a deep breath, this will calm your nerves, you might man...

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Bury That Story

Weekly Contest #156

My wife always thought that something utterly supernatural happened after her mother’s funeral. She always tried to convince us, telling her story with every chance; over and over. Until we couldn’t listen; we hadn’t seen anything. Salem and I hadn't at least. I am not sure about her sister. In any case, Violeta never got her sister to admit that she saw something strange or different.Once she got close to getting her admit it. It was a summer’s evening. We used to spend summers in her country. Especially after her parents passed away, we’d ...

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Insignificant Moments of Bliss and Loneliness - A Love Letter

Weekly Contest #106

About DescriptionsThe first time I tried to write, it occurred to me that despite my strong conviction that I am a writer, I could not describe an object; anything at all. All I could do was replace simple words for fancier words; but let’s not fool ourselves. That's a trick, not writing. Say, for example, that I have imagined an object. The object lives nowhere but in my imagination and I am thus, the only being having knowledge of the existence of the said object; of its properties, its looks, its functions. A description would t...

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Faceless

Weekly Contest #56

MargaritaMargarita walked in the nightclub. Margarita looked around for her date. G.K was to wear a blue tie. That's what she typed under 'identification feature'. Margarita liked the colour blue; but all blues are not the same. The shade and tone he 'd choose (she thought) would carry useful information. She was convinced that a little detail such as ‘vividness’ of the chosen shade could reveal much about his state of mind. For example, electric blue equals passion and liveliness which means he’d be up for anything. Baby blue, on ...

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Delirium

Weekly Contest #55

- It was one of those nights. You know, when you are not sure where blinking has taken you… like time after time? For a fragment of time after my eyes opened, (at such an hour there exists no time-count) I felt reluctant to look over the place around me. You stare at me baffled but you are still patient. My vision is blurry but I can distinguish your great red eyes that almost scare me. This is the investigatory glance of our mother. I decide to keep telling you whatever I remember. Short breath.- I woke up thirsty; it h...

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