Abigail Lyra - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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Disappearing into the Night

Submitted to Contest #96

On the night the moon falls from the sky, Neve is leaning out of her window, watching it. Of course she is. Neve has a knack for those sorts of things; she can predict exactly when the sky will lighten, whether or not there will be rain, and how soon the mist will clear. Her subjects speculate that it’s because she’s the daughter of the sun. Neve is born from heat and fire, and it shows. If you look at her for a few minutes, you can see those sparks in her eyes, banking a little each time she blinks. She never gets cold, not even when the ...

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Abigail Lyra

Submitted to Contest #94

The movie had a predictable plot. Heroic, unappreciated kids fight off scary, bad aliens and save the world, cracking witty jokes along the way. Happily ever after ending. Maya watched it anyway. Afterward, she and Thom walked home. Not hand-in-hand — they were too old for that now. Maya broke the silence. “I told you the movie was going to be bad.” “It wasn’t bad.” “Well, it wasn’t good.” “Whatever.” Maya pressed on laboriously. “And they got all the details wrong, too. You...

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Author bio

Favorites
Author: Leigh Bardugo
AAPI inspiration: Marie Lu
Book: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Language: Latin
Poem: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe
Subscription: OwlCrate
Broadway Musical: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Info
- Proud Ravenclaw and dog owner.
- If I were a book character, I’d be part Hermione Granger, part Moonwatcher, part Elinor Dashwood, part Inej Ghafa, part Lyra Belaqua (the character whom I was named after), and part Jo March. And 5% Sherlock Holmes, but that might just be because I watch and read so much Sherlock that I've just developed his personality through osmosis.
- I have a really big pet peeve about people saying ‘woah’ instead of ‘whoa’, mostly because I did it once and the trauma is still there.
- I’m an INFJ-T who’s 90% writer/reader and 11% bad at math.
- Broken bone tally: I
- Best bragging book: War and Peace

Fandoms
- Grishaverse (Etherealki Tidemaker)
- Enderverse (Dragon Army)
- Wings of Fire (NightWing)
- Scythedom (Scythe Abigail Adams {I was named after her, too})
- Proud member of the Rose Society and the Phoenix Society
- Riordanverse (Cabin 6, Athena)
- Hamilfan (Schuyler sister: Angelica)
- Nagspeake citizen (Liberty of Gammerbund, Commorancy Kid. Emilia and I would be best buds)
- Avatar, the Last Airbender (100% airbender)
- Still waiting on my invitation to Hogwarts... should arrive any day now...

Currently Reading
- Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
- Welcome to Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut
- Witches Steeped in Gold - Ciannon Smart
- A Promised Land - Barack Obama
- The Ones We're Meant to Find - Joan He
- Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
- HPMOR and ATYD (If you know, you know *winks in Harry Potter*)