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Allison Zucconi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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Submitted to Contest #303

“Breaching in T-minus six minutes,” the voice in my earpiece says, followed by an unintelligible shout before it goes quiet again. Six minutes to get a grip on the small weapon in my hand. The thick vest wrapped around my torso is so hot and uncomfortable that I’m sweating bullets the size of those in my gun; the ones this vest protects my rapidly-beating heart from. “You look like you’re going to vomit,” Jade says quietly from the other side of the threshold. I swallow. “Is it that obvious?” My partner’s face goes serious. “We’ve made it...

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The Living Kingdom

Submitted to Contest #300

As the shackles around her wrists were unlocked and fell to the ground, she rubbed at the sore skin, yet couldn’t help but feel that their weight still remained. “You’re free to go,” the man in front of her said. She paid him no response as he mounted his horse and disappeared down the dirt road with the three other guards. She stood there until the clacking of hooves was long gone. Only then did she look at what laid in front of her. The sparsely cloudy, pale blue sky created a backdrop for the sharp mountains, each peak higher than the ...

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