Aubrey Rebecca
Bio
My writing lives in the liminal spaces where memoir meets myth, where contradictions—grief/joy, addiction/love, beauty/ruin—tangle together. A Sagittarius, I am always exploring, searching for the story beneath the story. IG: @tapestryofink
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A Merchant's Reputation. Winner in What the Myth Gets Wrong Challenge.
My father was a different man in the community. In the market, he clapped men on the back and chortled at jokes he would later excoriate. Every new mother could expect lavish gifts that they could never afford without him.
By Aubrey Rebecca17 days ago in Fiction
High Score. Winner in Everyone Is Acting Normally Challenge.
“We need normalcy,” we say as we sit in the park, shoulder to shoulder, after work and every weekend. Life is scary right now, and we are searching for stability amidst this new normal: a pandemic rages, my friends’ marriages are dissolving, and I often feel that I am dying inside.
By Aubrey Rebecca27 days ago in Fiction
He Loves Me. Runner-Up in Rituals of Affection Challenge.
The church bell tolls—dong, dong, dong. I sit on the bench and wait, like I have every day for five years. Roland and I used to have lunch with the guys every afternoon, but when my circumstances changed, we agreed just to meet here.
By Aubrey Rebecca2 months ago in Fiction
How To Save Your Life With A Glass of Water. Runner-Up in Instructions Included Challenge.
Step 1. Acknowledge the smallest solvable problem I can tell you are reaching for the big stuff, saying something like—“If I could just quit drinking…” or “If my mother had never died…” or “If I wasn’t single…”—these are not what I am talking about.
By Aubrey Rebecca2 months ago in Fiction
