Anna Coon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Broken Love” by Anna Coon

Submitted to Contest #132

Are you there, God? It’s me Alicia. If you’re there, help me. I breathe, not wanting to open my eyes. I’m alive but too afraid to act it. “Play dead, play dead,” I tell myself. If he thinks you’re dead, he will leave. The latch clicks. My lungs empty. You’re safe now, I tell myself. My eyes are still closed. I wonder how long I lay there, on the cold linoleum. Minutes, hours, days? I push myself up to sitting and touch my face; tender. I pull myself up, using the pedestal sink as my climbing rope. Gravity pulls and my mu...

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“A Fresh Start” by Anna Coon

Submitted to Contest #131

Tasha I need a fresh start. I never expected I would be starting over at thirty-nine years old. But all my expectations of how my life would go have been flipped on their head, then spun around, and shaken not stirred. “Come here, baby,” I called to Julia. She reluctantly pulls herself off the couch and away from her glowing iPad screen. I never let her watch that thing, but I’m trying to give both of us grace after the year we’ve had. “What is it mama?” she asks as she shoves her hands in her pockets. She loves that dress because i...

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“The Locked Door” by Anna Coon

Submitted to Contest #130

I’ve been stuck behind this locked door for 5 years. Moryen the elf captured me when I was just a dumb teenager going on a walk. I was clearing my head after a fight with my mother… I’m sorry, a disagreement. Royals aren’t allowed to have fights or even talk about our feelings. But what I wouldn’t give to have a fight with my mother now- a real fight. I miss my family; I miss my friends. Heck, I miss PEOPLE. I only see the elf when she visits once a week to drop off food. Behind her back I call her a goblin, ogre, witch- all the...

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“The Girl in the Glass” by Anna Coon

Submitted to Contest #130

The Girl in the Glass Katie As dusk falls on the street, I take my evening walk. I walk after work each day, weather permitting. I’m a scientist, so I know the data behind exercise. I’m also stuck at my desk all day, and I need a release. As I walk, I work through my anxieties of the day. Some people talk on the phone while they walk, some listen to podcasts… I think. I think about why I’m still single at 40. I think about all the embarrassing things I said that day. I think about why my favorite protein bars must be refrigerated but oth...

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