Rubekkah Estero

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“The Benefit of Hindsight” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #250

I have just had the most interesting week of my life. Not many people can say they’ve spent the week hiding from someone who wants to kill them, can they? I thought schools were meant to be safe places, and principals were meant to be people you could trust. Wrong. I haven’t made it to eight and a half years old without some survival instincts. For example, I can climb over the balcony of our first-floor council flat, and down to the ground, using only the drainpipe. That has come in handy when Dad tells me to ...

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“The Sooth of the Matter” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #249

I’m covered in bandages from head to toe. My arms feel like lead by my sides. I move stiffly. It will be some time before I have full range of motion again. I know not how long it will take me to recover. I’m being ridiculous, of course. My arms only hurt from wrapping bandage after bandage around every part of my body. It took me forty-five minutes to achieve this look, and I hold grave fears for my ability to go to the bathroom dressed like this. This is all in the name of my transformation- f...

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“Paradise Lost” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #248

Brad The beach is the main drawcard of this town, or so they say. I lived here my whole life, until a few years ago when I went to University in Brisbane, and now, at twenty-one years old, I'm right back where I started. But apparently, I don’t get a say in what constitutes a drawcard. The coastline is protected by K’gari, the largest sand island in the world. Heritage listed. A real gem if you’re into that sort of thing. Camping, fishing, mosquitoes, sand flies, wild dogs, sand in your shoes, sand in your hair, s...

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“The Arranged Marriage” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #246

A man could be forgiven for thinking that the vision of merriment and mirth before him, seated on a bar stool, was in the highest of spirits. Yet, that vision didn’t match with the harrowing tale unfolding before him. ‘An arranged marriage, you say?’ Verity Harbinger’s sky-blue eyes sparkled, and her blonde shoulder length curls bounced as she spoke with animation, a strawberry margarita in hand. ‘Yes, Sir, I’m afraid so,’ she cooed, adjusting the ‘Bride to Be’ sash that hung across her shoulder. ‘Alas, by this ti...

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“Filethelia” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #245

I know not what will happen when the power takes hold of me, though my father has been preparing me for this day for the past eighteen years. I stand on the clifftops of Yapeche, my home for my entire life, and that of generations of Filethelias before me. If my destiny fails me here tonight, I may be the last. The sun has finally fallen below the horizon, and the last colours are fading from the sky to be replaced by the dark of night. I glance down at the peninsula below me, where our men are locked in intense battle ...

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“The Morning Tooth Report” by Rubekkah Estero

Submitted to Contest #244

‘Hold it up to your face, say ‘Cheese’, and press the round button, Rhiannon.’ ‘Cheeeeeese.’ ‘Perfect. I’ll print this out at first break, and we’ll add it to the Galleria de la Toothless.’ The Morning Tooth Report was born out of necessity. Trust me. If I didn’t have to do it, I wouldn’t have. But not all of us have the luxury of a classroom environment free from the menace of all Teacher’s Aides, Wyatt Rhodes. Don’t get me wrong. His skills at working with young children- second to none. Performing the s...

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