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Akhlys Ivy

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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The Undateable Man

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #194

Edward Allen thought himself to be a fairly simple man. In fact, he lived off of three things: meat, beer, and Gunsmoke. Edward was in quite a predicament, though. A dreaded state of repetition. Recently, he reached the part of his life where loneliness was a boulder in his path. So, after exclusively researching the concept of “first dates,” Edward went out to buy a tailored, navy blue suit. He squandered up some money to be able to afford to eat at Fabio’s, the neighborhood sit-down restaurant. He got his too-long gi...

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What He Wanted Me To Do

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #193

I kept my head up at your funeral. That’s what you would have wanted me to do. I gave your family and friends firm handshakes and told them you would appreciate their presence. That’s what you would have wanted me to do. I delivered a speech that was like an obituary, but of all the memories I had of you. It wasn’t supposed to make people cry, yet everyone seemed to. Especially the part at the end where I said, “If he was a beach, I was the stars that danced for him and gave him light so he could...

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Loveless

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #159

I'm almost out of love. I can feel it, feel the pinpoints of searing heartache that prod my beating heart every waking moment. My whole life I'd been wealthy with admiration. My mother, my father, and my sister who had loved me so. Our affection fed each other so that we could live happy lives. My father used my mother's undying fondness to keep a roof over our heads, keep our stomachs filled, and give my sister, Tilly, and I whatever our childish minds desired. He used his children's love to fuel their college funds, which is how Tilly an...

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Nothing Worth Fighting For

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #89

"I'm sorry."What a common phrase.It was the only thing I could say as I stared into my frantic sister's violet eyes. She kept quiet, but looked at me as if some miracle would happen and I wouldn't have to pull the plug.The life support plug, that is.The subtle ache in my heart was nothing compared to the endless tearing in my lungs. I spent every day hooked up to machines that breathed for me. Ate for me. Drank for me. Kept my heart beating. I was so completely sick of it all that I had decided to move on to whatever was beyond my short life...

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Lavender Eyes and Broken Heart

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #56

”December sucks.”I whisper to myself on the first chilly morning of December. And again while I choked down the breakfast my mom had prepared for me. And again when I sat alone on the bus. I wrote it over and over on my math test worksheet until the tip of my pencil broke.I was walking to the tree where my best friend, Christina, and I always met before brunch. Since we had separate first-period classes, I would reach the tree first and wait for her to be released from her class. Once she was, Christina burst out of the room with a dreamy gr...

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Rhode Island Revenge

Akhlys Ivy

Submitted to Contest #54

When there is nothing left to do in the world, when you have not a single care left, your level of stupidity starts to rise. I’d only just realized this when I clicked the advertisement. The one that would change my life forever.A couple months before, I had made a mistake. One that could absolutely not be amended. I had fallen in love, for once in my life. His name was Parker. We were the perfect pair. We spent countless nights together, watching television, dancing, and cooking. Parker was so funny and smart. He loved me unconditionally.Or...

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