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    Prayers of Resentment
    Prayers of Resentment
    Prayers of Resentment
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    Prayers of Resentment

    By Imani Light

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    The first flash fiction is called, Participation Ribbon. After coming home from karate lessons, 15 year old Melissa encounters a stranger on the elevator. After passing out from being drugged, Melissa wakes up on the stranger's bed, or "her" bed. Now, Melissa is tested on her karate skills to escape before certain truths slows her down.

    The second flash fiction is called, Pray For More Dead Soldiers. Anger management counselor, Leann, is attending her father's funeral. Since he died during battle, the baptist church decided to protest the military funeral from across the cemetery. Leann's anger management skills are tested when their profane posters attacks her emotions.

    The third flash fiction is called, Turn On. After being released from jail ten years earlier than expected, former school shooter, Steve, must decide whether or not to start his life over or end it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImani Light
    Release dateJun 18, 2016
    ISBN9781370785285
    Prayers of Resentment
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    Imani Light

    With a Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing, Imani Light is driven to showoff the emotional side of reality. She is learning to perfect her art in order to inspire and entertain readers by observing people's motivation in reality and ethical beliefs of individuals.

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      Prayers of Resentment - Imani Light

      Prayers of Resentment

      (Three Flash Fictions)

      by Imani Light

      Prayers of Resentment

      By Imani Light

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      Participation Ribbon

      Pray For More Dead Soldiers

      Turn On

      About the Author

      Connect with Me

      Participation Ribbon

      Entering the elevator, I press number 56 and stare at my participation ribbon. A man scurries in with a

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