A H

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Salty Sea, Soft Skin” by A H

In the week before the funeral, I caught a cold. One of those obsessive colds that lingers long after the fever leaves. One that left me sniffling with puffy eyes and a stuffy nose weeks later. If you were here, I’d imagine you’d tell me to curl up in one of those lawn chairs by the beach with a good book and just rest while you pampered me. That tomorrow was always a day to be had. That nothing was done well while sick. But it was hard to find more than a few seconds of rest then. So many faces, so many more people that I could’ve ever ...

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“Wet Eyes” by A H

Submitted to Contest #75

“We are gathered today to witness the legal marriage of…” Planning and executing the entire event in just the span of two months had probably been the most monumental undertaking Charles had ever attempted. When Martin first suggested it, he had vehemently rejected the idea, but with his grandmother’s condition becoming more uncertain as days went on, he finally agreed, hoping that her dreams of watching her son become a married man would be realized. But nothing could have prepared him for the unrelenting whirlwind that took place. A torn...

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“A Sense of Shame” by A H

Submitted to Contest #58

Thwack. The night was in its deepest phase; the sun had long retired over the horizon and it was one of those nights where only the slightest sliver of moon could be seen. Thick darkness spread over everything like a sheet, only disrupted by the sharp lights that hung over the forest and cut through the comforting black with an unforgiving glare. Thwack. “Joey, you know you won’t be able to keep this up. You’ve been at it for weeks, man. When are you gonna stop?” Thwack. Joey lowered the axe and let it fall into the soft grass, cr...

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“A Wannabe Poet Jumps a Fence to Impress a Girl, But She is Already Walking Away” by A H

Submitted to Contest #42

The stars may have been visible in that clear night, but they were vastly overshadowed by the blinding floodlights that stood vigil over the empty field. There was only one pinprick of light in the sky then, and it hung just over the evergreen trees, low enough that the tall girl who pounded out lap after lap on the red pavement could keep her eyes trained on it as she ran. She wore a tank top, black leggings, and white tennis shoes: her go-to outfit when she had something on her mind and needed to run it out. And that was how it was with he...

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