Alaynna Cross

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Night Fright” by Alaynna Cross

You wandered the empty halls of the high school. You pass by an abandoned classroom and remember learning in that room. You run your fingers on the baby blue-painted cinderblocks. You close a locker. You turn the corner and see a classroom door propped open. You walked in, careful to avoid the desks. You sit down and stare at the whiteboard. you read the lesson for tomorrow, or today. You pull out your phone and check the time, 11:33 P.M. Your shift ends at 6. You get up and continue aimlessly wandering the halls. You hear a loud commotio...

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“The Dream” by Alaynna Cross

I watched as the house glowed with the light of fire. It was unnatural yet beautiful. One second it was there the next gone. A pile of ash. The dream was always the same. I woke up drenched in sweat. The dream lingering on my mind for a few seconds more. "You have the dream again?" I looked over and saw Garret standing next to me in the line for breakfast. He always seemed to know when I had the dream. "Yeah," I said quietly, pointing to the toast as the lunch lady asked what I wanted to eat. I grabbed a box of cereal and a carton of mil...

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“Curious” by Alaynna Cross

Submitted to Contest #84

February 7th, 2040. My name is Bryan and I’m writing this because I don’t know what's next. I found a blank journal and some pens so I decided to document this. I’m was always bad with remembering dates so if the dates are wrong, or weird, then I’m sorry. A week ago on January 29th they attacked. At first we thought they were human, our neighbors, coworkers, friends, family, celebrities. Then their leader came. Whatever they were emerged from their skin sacks and attacked everyone in sight. You know those theories where there's aliens l...

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