Ainsley Y

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

28 karma pts

?

“Princess to Princess ” by Ainsley Y

Submitted to Contest #88

Once upon a time… A real-life girl was in the prince’s garden. The gardner found her there and told her to leave, but the prince said it was quite all right and let her come inside the castle. She thought it would be lovely inside, but it was cold and dark and smelled of nightmares. The walls dripped with tears and the servants were all a shade of gray, their faces dull. The girl told him she m...

Read story

“Pepper” by Ainsley Y

My name is Pepper. P-E-P-P-E-R. Say it three times out loud. Whisper it to yourself. Make up a rhyme to remember it. I don’t care what you do. Call me Pepper, and nothing else. Not Mason. Not Jennifer. Not Jenny, not Kate, not Kat, not Katie or Katy or however else you can manage to spell Katie. Especially don’t call me Katherine. The name my pa...

Read story

“Whole Again ” by Ainsley Y

Submitted to Contest #25

Don’t move. Don’t move. Don’t. Move. I repeated the silent mantra as I took in shallow breaths, trying not to make too much noise. I could hear the woman’s footsteps, and the porch light clicked on. I braved a glance at the front door. It was creaking open, flooding the rickety porch with light. ...

Read story

Author bio

author: teller of tales, magician of words, inspiration of the mind’s eye.