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Amanda O'Driscoll

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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Eraveil

Amanda O'Driscoll

Submitted to Contest #97

It started with an ordinary day, or at least that’s what I told myself. I can’t remember much of what happened before I saw it. The window in the woods. Sounds like a fairy tale I know, like any moment a magical creature is going to whisk me away to a tea party or I’ll stumble upon an empty cottage. But nothing like that happened. In fact it was quite anticlimactic. All that stuff you watch on tv where aliens or evil beings manifest their forms through a portal is just as it’s labelled - fiction. What I saw was… Well I suppose I should start...

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The Trouble with Goodbyes...

Amanda O'Driscoll

Submitted to Contest #89

The wind rips at my coat almost dragging me into the waves below. “It shouldn’t have come to this. I was supposed to be better.” I’m standing on the edge of a cliff, heartbroken, about to release Selene, a stray wolf, back into the wild. She sits in front of me with eyes gleaming in anticipation; no doubt this area is familiar to her even now. About a year ago I came here to clear my mind after the death of my wife. I was reeling from her absence when I found Selene limping in pain in the tall grass. One look at her and I saw -or t...

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Threads of Time

Amanda O'Driscoll

Submitted to Contest #85

Footsteps echo on the wooden floorboards outside the parlour. I raise my head languidly towards the direction of sound but pay it little concern. It's probably Annabelle rushing about preparing the corridor for our coming guests tonight. Damn girl should've had my equipment ready this morning. I have half a mind to leave the heat of the fire and scold her, but reason against it. By supper I'm expected to make a decision regarding my work but, despite all my efforts, time is not on my side.For months I devoted my energy to unlocking the secre...

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Kingdom of Nerriad

Amanda O'Driscoll

Submitted to Contest #83

Within my realm of hidden wonder, there are worlds beyond the touch of human hands. Where the last of the ancient beings dwell amongst the coral reefs and sunken vessels, forgotten in the minds of generations of people yet remembered in their folklore. It is here that I, King of Nerriad, God of the Trepidatious lands and uphold our secrecy. Our Safety. I stare out at the vast lands of sea grass and sandy ruins of our ancient capital - long destroyed by the contraption humans call "sea mine". Even now as I survey the wrecked remains of ou...

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