A.K. Truss

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“At All Costs” by A.K. Truss

Submitted to Contest #83

“Milton! Have you never worked on a ship!? Get over to the starboard side and help Kody out!” I yelled, as I took my hat off and wiped my brow.These idiots! I’m never getting anywhere with them. I need to get to Dieden Island and these oafs aren’t getting me anywhere!As if to prove my point Milton again started moving to the port side. I was about to yell at him again but instead, I stomped off to my cabin not wanting to deal with them anymore.I opened the door and slammed it shut behind me. I stopped and sighed looking around the small wood...

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“The Mafia Trial” by A.K. Truss

Submitted to Contest #67

As I rushed through the thick forest I could feel the branches pulling at my shirt and tearing at my skin but I didn’t stop running.  At top speed, I knew I could run for a good 20 minutes but I didn’t have only myself to consider. “Kassie, …. can we please…. Stop for …. Just a minute.”  I heard Tayler gasp out.  She had been trailing along behind me the whole 7 minutes since we had started running.  If we continued to constantly stop, we would lose the small lead we had on the others.  I knew that Tayler would cont...

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“Defeat” by A.K. Truss

Submitted to Contest #66

“It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat”  The words echoed in my head. That's what she had said the last time I had lost this futile competition.  An embarrassing loss that I still hadn’t lived down, but here I was competing again and this time I planned for victory. I remembered the last competition like it was yesterday.  I hadn’t thought of her as an opponent but as a distraction, now I knew how wrong I had been to think that.  I had been preparing all day.  We had planned for the competition t...

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