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Isaac Amponsah

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2026

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Stuck

The screen was blank, and the cursor blinked to my frustration. Empty of words to write, a block. I wondered: why not write about love? "This is a story of love, a story that narrates love..." I stopped. I don't think I like how this story is going. I cleared the screen. I pondered numerous topics: hate, loneliness, anger, but I didn't exceed a paragraph. The silence of the room amplified the emptiness. "Emptiness"... so I wrote: "The emptiness of my mind has imprisoned my words. I feel 'stuck' in the blankness..." "Stuck," he said. "Who sai...

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The Poster

Weekly Contest #369

I stood before the wall, staring blankly. It happened again; I forgot what I had to do. You know that feeling where you know you were about to do something, and you forget? Yes, that. It has been happening to me a lot recently. My mind seems to still be tied to the dream I had; its extreme realism is hard to let go of. Enough of the insanity, I've got a lot of packing to do. It was the poster on the wall; that is why I came here. After having it for a while, I think I have grown attached to it. I'm taking it with me. I began to peel it caref...

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