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Jyoti Murmu

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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THE PAINTING

Jyoti Murmu

CW: Domestic violence, death, suicide, depression."No, she can't""No way! Do you wanna bet""What cannot I? What are you guys talking", Nancy asked. Nancy, a high school teenager who didn't care about her grades as she was forced to study by her parents. But she was really a hard core aesthete. Ask about any painting, didn't matter how old it was, she will never disappoint. She was a dab hand at that." Nothing Nancy", said Chuck."Backbiting me""No...""So what is it""Brian wants to challenge you for a dare", Chuck hesitately told her. He ...

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That Only Matters

Jyoti Murmu

Submitted to Contest #95

‘Does everyone living in their present?’ I asked.‘I don’t know about you but I am not and if you are in doubt whether you are or not there are some symptoms I can show you. Living in the past feels like you are continuously getting hit by the cyclonic wind and it is shattering everything that is stable in your life, it feels very cold, not only your body gets cold but your heart too’, I continued.‘And what it is like to live in the future?’, she asked with a curious tone.‘Well’, I replied with a hesitation in my voice, ‘ living in the f...

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DUAKI

Jyoti Murmu

Submitted to Contest #88

‘When you are different from others you always try to get the approval of society to fit yourself in. Nothing is more painful than get the denial of your acquaintance - when you are trying to fit among the people you know’. This is the story of a unicorn named, Duaki who was born different from others, he has two horns. He lived in the kingdom of Cornida, with his mother and father. For his parents he was the most beautiful. Like every parents they loved him, adored him, they didn't considered him different. How...

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