Amanda Atkinson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Honey Trap” by Amanda Atkinson

Submitted to Contest #207

Eira purrs on my lap, soft and light, and I lift her to my face. Her body is loose and trusting as I bury my face into her mottled fur and breathe in the warm scent of home she carries with her.My heart swells as she nuzzles my cheek, her rasping tongue drying the sweat from my morning run.— I think I’m starting to like Ellis, — I tell her as I lean back into the chair and lower her back into my lap. She pads at my thighs in approval.Ellis. My boyfriend of three years. The man I smile at every morning I stay over at his house, the man I lear...

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“Spectre” by Amanda Atkinson

Submitted to Contest #206

It chose me one frostbitten winter, in the dead of night. The monster groaning in the shadows of the forest outside the window, fogging up the glass with its muggy breath. I can sense it pressed against the window behind the cigarette-stained curtains, trying to feel for cracks or crevices it can squeeze and ooze through. — What if your lungs give out and your heart gives up? — That’s the kind of thing it whispers. Its voice is barely there but it snakes through the air like smoke and burrows into my ears to soak my brain in its fumes. My...

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29 ⚔️ voted most likely to be found huddled in a corner reading, writing, or playing cosy games.