Annabeth M

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

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“The Wine Stain. The Dress. The Glass.” by Annabeth M

Submitted to Contest #156

[TW: Themes of death and violence] Don’t you remember?            “We’re going to turn on the recording.”            Blood. Screams. Don’t you remember? Remember, don’t you? Don’t remember, you? The knife, clattering to the floor.            “Are you able to answer a few questions for us?”            Bl...

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“To the Town, To the Swings” by Annabeth M

Submitted to Contest #155

Sol needed time to think. Recently, too much of her life had absorbed a precarious instability, and her downloaded nature soundtrack couldn’t stop her mind from pinballing. She broke her routine that morning, foregoing herbal tea and podcasts for fresh air and real-life waves. She toed on her faded, striped flip flops, grabbed her keys, and shoved them into her the pocket of her once dark-blue jeans. As she closed the door behind her, she ran her fingers over the weathered, wooden surface and heard her dad admonish her for the grooves and fl...

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“Stealing Fire” by Annabeth M

Submitted to Contest #151

His parents had to have known his name would curse him. Even he, admittedly not the not the most educated in the field, knew Greek Mythology had famously barbaric endings—suicide, torture, that one woman turning everyone to stone. But he’d been born soon after the death of his mom’s sister, and she loved myths. So when he came along, his parents paid her tribute, naming him Prometheus after the Titan that stole fire for humankind.  “You know Prometheus gets his liver ripped out every night right?” He asked his mom one night when he’d h...

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"I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." -Jane Austen