A.A. Stitt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2023

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“That Old Russian Rhyme” by A.A. Stitt

Submitted to Contest #231

Sensitive Content: Homophobia, SwearingOne, two, three, four, five,A hare went out for a walk.Suddenly a hunter appearedAnd shot the hare.Bang bang oh oh oh,My hare is going to die.Those were the words of an old Russian nursery rhyme that my 4 year old niece Zemfira insisted on singing to herself at the top of her lungs as she danced around the drab lounge. You will have to trust me that it rhymes in Russian. Its melodic charm is lost in translation. On a normal night, grandfather Novel would have swiftly ordered silence from her. But tonigh...

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“The Forgotten King’s Last Christmas” by A.A. Stitt

Submitted to Contest #229

In a desolate little hut, sheltered among a forest of untouched pines, and smothered by an unceasing blizzard, lived a forgotten King. The whole world once knew his name - now it was only heard whispered on the sharp, icy breeze which sliced mountains and chilled deserts as the dreaded moniker of a defeated foe. To adults, mention of it barely jingled a bell of recollection. They learned to forget him. Those who did remember condemned him as a tyrant and a symbol of evil. He was a krampus, a demon of winter. A dark conjuring of ancient magic...

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