Alice Baine

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“The Days You've Been Gone” by Alice Baine

Submitted to Contest #74

The calm blue sky, dotted with tufts of wafer-thin clouds, smiled down on the quiet garden. I shirked along the pathway, mind caught up among the mess of weeds poking through the cobble. Someone ought to pluck those. I inhaled the honeyed aroma of flowers, a refreshing change from the stench of bleach that seemed to cling to every wall in the cottage. Out here, I didn’t have the stray eyes of my neighbours watching me—not that I knew of, anyway. A crow cried out from the high branches of an elm. The buzz of a bee whirred around my right ear...

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“Death by Chocolate” by Alice Baine

Submitted to Contest #71

Flakes of large, wet snow splat against the window. A crisp wind rattled the shutters. William shuffled closer to the fire, his nose buried inside a book. Ella’s footsteps pattered from the kitchen. She sounded to be in quite a huff—all the more reason he kept himself hidden in the library. Their servant, Mary, entered with a tray in her hands. The smell of peppermint swallowed the room as she presented a porcelain teapot. William gave an absentminded nod as thanks. His mind strayed from the contents of his book while Mary left in the direct...

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I come from the middle of nowhere, so I say Toronto to avoid confusion. If I'm not staring blankly at my laptop, fighting writer's block, I'm either sailing, playing hockey, or diving into punk rock's deepest archives. Check out more content at www.alicebaine.com