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Anita Kyle

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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The Staring of The Souls

Anita Kyle

Submitted to Contest #324

*This story contains smoking* “Aunt Dolores, who’s that?” Kristen Joei muses, observing a guy wash a car. He doesn’t have a recognizable face, yet his aura is something she’s seen before… something similar to a ghost lost in her dreams. A ghost she knows, but its face is blurry.The elderly woman hums, taking a break from the flowers to rub her gloves.Kristen peers into the new man; a well-built fellow whose clothing is soaking in soap. His hair hides underneath a weathered baseball cap, but his shoes stand out the most. In near one-hundred d...

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When Cigarettes Burn

Anita Kyle

Submitted to Contest #321

*This story features strong family conflict, and smoking. This also mentions briefly about prison, theft, cheating, addiction, and bullying.* “So did you do it?” “Huh?” “Did you seriously forget?” “Uhm… I don’t know…? I went to work, then I came home. I don’t think I was missing anything…,” “Daniel.” “Hm?” “Daniel…,” “What is it? Spit it out, Elizabeth.” “You forgot to pick up Charlie from school.” “...oh.” “Oh? That’s all you have to say? Geez, Daniel. I’m halfway across the country for a meeting, and the one thing you say is ‘oh’ fo...

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The Snap of a Finger

Anita Kyle

Submitted to Contest #315

August 12th, 2008. Another birthday. Another stepping stone into the dreadful world of being an adult for the rest of my life. The years of being a teenager have come to an end, but for some reason I can’t feel any emotions at all. My heart is heavy; I can’t turn back yet I have no idea where I’m going now. The cold table cloth is under my fingertips; strained faces of people I love all surround me, but a sad melody plays from their lips. A soft cake is placed in front. The details of the curves are prominent; a royal blue icing wra...

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Caught Dead Stop

Anita Kyle

Submitted to Contest #302

- Contains mild surreal horror elementsWatching the weather out of a screen is one thing, but being caught in the midst of a thunderstorm is a whole different situation.That’s not even the main cause for concern, no, it’s the act of being caught in a thunderstorm while standing on the side of a highway all because of a flat tire in one of the most populated cities in America.I run my fingers down my wet face.Gazing upon a disappointing tire, I grit my teeth.I don’t even have a second tire. Most of my tools are back home in New Jersey; this w...

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Wake Up, Delilah

Anita Kyle

No matter what Delilah did, she was still trapped in the loop. She burnt the museum to ash, hoping that was the key to this mess but she is still stuck holding the mop. She tried going to school different ways, heck, she didn’t even go to school a few times and none of that worked. Whatever she tried to do was completely erased from the universe the next day and she woke up still stuck on repeat on a Friday. Delilah thought for sure that she was nothing more than a song on replay. She even tried to stay up all night but no matter how ma...

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