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Elaine Guinto

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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Ten to Midnight

Weekly Contest #275

Ten to midnight. On the opposite wall, the clock sings; silent under the din of the new year’s festivities. Its song plays quicker and quicker with every passing moment: faster and faster toward the rest of her life. Toward the end of it, Talia thinks. But even in her half-drunk, bone-weary state, she knows she’s being dramatic. She’s not even halfway through her twenties. But as the ticks and tocks push the minute hand further, she swears the gaps are getting smaller. The sand is running out of the hourglass. The passage of time, Talia thin...

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Single Serve Birthday Cake (Family Recipe)

Shortlisted for Weekly Contest #270 ⭐️

INGREDIENTS 2 parents (overbearing, preferably judgmental) 1 partner, living with you, well and truly done with you 17 days of poor communication 5 weeks till the lease runs out 1 desperate birthday party 2 drunk texts from your ex (seen by partner) Between 3 and 7 shots of tequila INSTRUCTIONS At Thanksgiving dinner, sit silently as your parents (not for the first time) criticize your partner: their outfit, their career, their taste in music, and any of the other myriad things they’re sensitive about. Your family has always been good at tha...

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