Alyssa Mamuszka

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“Ignite” by Alyssa Mamuszka

Submitted to Contest #260

I woke up and the world was on fire. Orange light and incomprehensible sound roared in my ears on the other side of the tent fabric. My camping partners were already up and yelling, shadows flitting across my vision  in a frenzy of movement. The  tent flap zipped open and Patrick’s head appeared, framed by a world unbeknownst to me - trees ablaze and sparks flying, smoke and heat like a wall of death blasted me in the face. He grabbed my sleeping bag and tried to get me unzipped, frantically screaming something that I couldn’t hear...

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“Eternal Seconds” by Alyssa Mamuszka

Submitted to Contest #203

A broken pipe dripped onto the unforgiving concrete floor nearby. I hoped the echo would somehow mask my labored breathing. That the cavernous building would capture the sounds of old pipes, innocent breaths of wind, scurries of hidden rats, before it would project my nervous shuffling. He must not hear, I must stay quiet. I swallowed nonexistent saliva.  My back ached from crouching behind the rusted boiler. The dirt and dust from years of neglect coated the insides of my nose like hot, suffocating cotton. The gash above my left eyeb...

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