Alicia Ballard

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Sector 14 ” by Alicia Ballard

Submitted to Contest #219

Deep beneath the surface, away from prying eyes, James takes a long, deep drag of his cigarette, his face illuminated by only the orange cinders and the soft glow from the wall of CCTV screens. He exhales with a deep sigh, rolling his neck from side to side, working out the stiffness earned from an already long day. He glances at his watch and groans with dismay. 1:3O am. fuck. I still have 5 ½ hours to go. James eyed his long-forgotten cold cup of coffee, debating reheating the mug or making a new pot. He decided on th...

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“Amber's Embrace ” by Alicia Ballard

Submitted to Contest #218

The impact was sudden and violent, but to Clara's surprise, she experienced nothing but a feeling of motion and profound deafening silence. There were no screeching tires, crunching metal, or shattered glass, just a deep, stifling hush as she watched the chaos unfold. Time felt fractured and moments became disjointed, like she was trying to assemble a puzzle with missing pieces. All that remained was that suffocating silent embrace and the sensation of movements like a balloon in the wind. She counted the turns - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 until ...

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