Annabelle Otero

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (4)

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“Shocking red, Bright White, Mesmerizing black” by Annabelle Otero

Submitted to Contest #85

TW: MURDERThat's the thing about this city. It's quiet, normal, peaceful at times even. You fall in love with it's silence, its charm. Then, when you're least expecting it, snap. Something terrible happens. Bad people do bad things to bad people. Bad things drive good people to do bad things. Good people try to do good things, but it's never enough.That's what I figured out after about a week or two of living here. When I moved in, I moved in to an apartment that was just big enough for me and a guest. There was one extra room, but I turned ...

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“Sink or Swim” by Annabelle Otero

The waves bring me up and down, up and down, up and down in the water. That is the last time I'm going on a scuba diving trip. Let me explain:There I was, sitting on the deck of the boat, when a storm rolls in. I guess I should've seen it coming, considering it was a giant dark cloud coming closer and closer to us every second, but I was too busy eating. Next thing I know, I'm in the ocean with three other people, having been thrown off of the boat by a wave.When the storm passed, I had let go of my piece of wreckage and started looking to s...

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“Android of the Present” by Annabelle Otero

Submitted to Contest #82

I was walking on the sidewalk in crowded New York City. I tried to blend in, walking like they did, making expressions like they did, et cetera. If I could sweat, I know that I would be. I had recently escaped a technology university. The students there made me to take out "the competition" as they told me. Other university's were supposed to be competing with them for a spot in the "robotics finals." I was supposed to go to the rival college, destroy the other robots that they had made, and escape. The realism of my face was supposed to hel...

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“Over Spilt Wine” by Annabelle Otero

Submitted to Contest #81

I stand outside of the restaurant, tugging at my too-tight collar. My hands are sweaty, making the flowers wrapped in plastic slip around in my hands. I take a deep breath, grab the door handle, and step inside. "Hello, table for one?" The woman at the welcome desk smiles at me. She is in a white shirt, black vest, basic black pants, covered by a maroon waist-only apron. She clearly doesn't cook, but in the apron is a simple notepad, pens, and napkins. "No, I'm meeting someone here. Uh..." I rake my brain for the name she gave me on tinder, ...

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Author bio

Annabelle Otero, 12 year old girl, shockingly still lives with her parents. She has one dog, Zoe, and one brother, Cash. In her spare time, she enjoys kickboxing, reading, drawing, and writing. In the future, she plans on becoming either a writer, or an artist, but remembering how young she is and how much time she has, she continues with both passions.