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Tarin Santos

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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The End

The music swelled, flurrying into final notes before the screen turned black. They sat there in the dark. The silence. The still. Her eyes unmoving from the display, Nyssa shifted in her seat. She tucked her leg up to her chest, the creak of the chair and the brushing of fabric the only sound in the near empty theater. “I think it’s time,” Val said. “We should wait for the end credits,” Nyssa replied. “I don’t think it’s that kind of movie.” They looked at one another finally, their faces illuminated in the dark by the rising indecipher...

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Whispers of the Past

Weekly Contest #142

I used to achieve top marks in my class before coming to this university. Now, no one is perfect, but I might have been. Nearly perfect SAT scores, a GPA that was technically higher than a 4.0 and honors opportunities left and right. I likely could have applied to Ivy League schools and got in. Thinking back, I should have applied just to see if I could. But I didn’t. I knew I wanted to come here. There was something that drew me to the old buildings. Something that pulled me towards lifetimes of history and knowledge. I didn’t feel the nee...

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The Prophet's Curse

Weekly Contest #40

  "All set," Noah said, putting down the last fluffed pillow for Evanee. He put his hands in the pockets of his long brown coat."You didn't have to give up your bed you know, Sagi could have just slept here.”  Noah and a collection of their friends’ journey had been so taxing that Evanee, glad to see everyone was okay, offered for them all to stay over at her place, which her and Noah shared. This wasn’t the best action, considering how small the space was, but she insisted until everyone folded, finding a place to settle for the night befor...

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