The Sempiternal

50 Word Micro- Fiction (Story Prompt #4)

Anitha Sankaran
Nov 1 · 1 min read
Photo by Andrés Gómez on Unsplash

The white roses ornamented the bookshelf. I took the book that was underneath an etched wooden skull and read the title “The White Petals” by Sarah Williams.

My eyes welled up since I found a fervent reader.

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Anitha Sankaran

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Writer | Poet | Computer Engineer. Writing beyond the words. Am I creative? Let’s figure it out.

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