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Koena Mashale

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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The Masked Valentine

Weekly Contest #374

She never really understood the point of the day; she only saw the holiday as an excuse to force gifts on loved ones, and often none of them was even from a place of love. Perhaps it was created by a feminist woman who couldn't deal with the fact that all of her friends were in a relationship, and she wasn't. Sighing as she looked into the mirror, she admitted, “Okay, that sounds a little bitter, I know.” Turning her head to the grey cat sitting on the small couch in the corner of her room, she said, “Right? I mean, it’s not her fault I don’...

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The In-Between

“What are you doing?”, “Masking your scent”, “Why?”, “Because humans are hated on this planet and any human who ends up here is never seen again,” she states openly as she rubs Ridwen’s body with mud before hugging him tightly and transferring most of her scent onto him. “Why are we hated?” Ridwen asks as she pulls away and takes a whiff of him. Satisfied with his scent, she turns to Ronyn, who refuses to look her in the eyes. “I didn’t realize it until now. I mean, I’ve never visited Earth, and my father never really talked about it...

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