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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020
Submitted to Contest #88
Deep within the forest, past all the bent trees, and the critters that called it home laid a small lake. It was filled with pure black water and when one looked down in it, it was impossible to see the bottom. It was dark. Darker than the night sky with no moon shining down upon the land. Pitch black. No fish could live in the lake. No frogs, no plant life, for if anything tried to grow in the lake they would become consumed by the darkness of it, and turn into the water itself. They would become nothing. Parents warned their children in the...
Submitted to Contest #72
The ballroom shimmered with twinkling white lights that made it look like the stars themselves were picked from the night sky and brought into the room. Paintings of cherubs playing harps were spread across the walls, filling the room with the idea of love. Soft strokes were played across the strings of violins, and the piano was plucked ever so softly. The men and women wore ballet slippers so when they danced it looked like they were barely touching the ground. Everyone's hands were gloved for even touching bare skin would be too close. Ba...
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