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Nayab Ahmar

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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The Dark Domain

Nayab Ahmar

Submitted to Contest #97

(T.W: blood, gore, brief mention of self harm, mild swearing).Knock. KNOCK.She startled awake by the harsh knocks.Groggily rubbing her eyes, she turned to check the time.3 am, the clock read. 3 am? Who would knock on my door at 3 am? Is it Lily? Sighing, she pulled off her blanket and dragged her feet to the door.Opening the door, she whispered “What do you want?”To an empty hallway.Blanching, she took a step back “Lils, is that you? This isn’t funny!”No response.Knock“It’s not the door…”KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. As the knocks became desperate and ...

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Nightingale Manor

Nayab Ahmar

I, Pearl Nightingale, residing at Nightingale Manor, Knife’s Edge, Hythe, declare this to be my Will, and I revoke any and all wills and codicils I previously made….A soft smile graced her lips, at odds with the words she had written. Humming her favourite lullaby, she continued:I give, devise and bequeath all my estate, both real and personal, of every nature and kind and wheresoever situate, including any property over which I may have a general power of appointment, to my late friend Amber Everitt’s daughter, Peridot Everitt, if she survi...

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Theo

Nayab Ahmar

Submitted to Contest #46

“They will hang you in the Gallows for this, Theo.”“Only if I get caught, Abitha.”“Must you always be this stubborn?”Not dignifying Abitha Mordough with a response, Theo continued counting the money she would need to publish her very first novel, The Wrongfully Accused. Perhaps her confidant was right; she was being stubborn. However, one simply could not expect her to sit around like a trussed-up turkey while women all over Salem were being accused of using the Devil’s Magic. Theodora Francis Priestley would have remained silent on the matt...

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Point Hope

Nayab Ahmar

Submitted to Contest #45

WAKE UP I woke up with a gasp. Gulping in large amounts of air, my head shrieked in agony from the sudden intrusion in my mind. My vision was blurry, and all I could hear was a soft whirring sound. I tried to remember what happened, but my mind was blank.Slowly, my vision regained focus and the sharp pain in my head subsided to a dull throb, allowing me to take in my surroundings for the first time.The room was bare except for the bed I was on and a monitor on the wall, which was showing a stream of numbers and letters I couldn’t understand....

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