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Ntsika Miya

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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The Viral Anomaly

The chlorine sting woke me with a gasp. Disoriented, water sloshed in my ears as I flailed, finally breaking the surface of my cousin's pool. My phone, still in my pocket, felt like a soggy brick. Desperation clawed at me. My overseas job barely scraped by after the holiday visits, and this phone was my lifeline. "Dude, you okay?" My cousin, Mark, grinned from the poolside, oblivious to my internal meltdown. Relief washed over me, tinged with annoyance. "Yeah, just surprised myself," I mumbled, scrambling out. The phone was a goner, its scre...

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When Grass ends

Submitted to Contest #96

When Grass Ends. I inhale strongly the remnants from my vape in a dark bedroom, confused and afraid as if doomsday was knocking on my door step. The sunrise looms on the windows like a shadow monster descending back to its underground layer. Flashbacks of yesterday's catastrophe recoil in my medulla. "If only she didn't try to take her own life". Smoke lingers into the air. Multiple tyres moonwalking on the concrete bed outside humming mechanical sounds. A daunting notification of what is about to happen, my emotional ribbon ties...

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