Alexandra Spivot

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Zaren” by Alexandra Spivot

Submitted to Contest #38

Aiden Lance stood on the vintage porch of his family’s new house. This was the 11th move in as many years. Mrs. Lance was a commander in the navy and Mr. Lance was a traveling salesman, so they didn’t stay in one place for long. Changing schools was hard, but he had a routine. He tried not to attract too much attention. He sat in the back of the classroom and kept his yapper closed. He never got too close to anybody, he’d have to leave them at some point anywa...

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“A Hero” by Alexandra Spivot

Submitted to Contest #19

Hadashi had been sitting in his parents’ booth at the black market for what seemed like a decade, but in reality, it had only been 7 hours. Christmas was always great for the Kei family’s business, “Tree Bombs and the Sort”. They sold anything from exploding evergreens to machetes. This time of year, everybody wanted to kill somebody, and the Keis always had just the thing for the job. Hadashi had been in the booth all day and itching to do anything other than attend to all the yelling customers. Today had been pretty normal. Aft...

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“Taking A Chance” by Alexandra Spivot

Submitted to Contest #16

Taking A Chance Chance awoke to the ear ringing sound of the war gong. He threw back this blankets and clambered out of his whale of a bed. As he ran out of his room, he grabbed his bow and quiver. The palace halls were swarming with guards running to their posts. Ducking under arms and weaving around the chaos, he ran across the court yard and into the kings thrown room. “Dad! Dad I am ready to fight! Where are the humans?” Chance looked around the room and his stomach flipped. The entire elf council was sitting around the big ta...

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It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. -Samwise Gamgee