Annika Dauer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“To the Stars and Back” by Annika Dauer

Submitted to Contest #96

The lights flicker and dance as our friends’ laughter mingles with the music. I laugh with them, but my gaze is on her. This is Azalea’s going away party, but she stands alone on the balcony outside. She got into her dream college, some university in London. She told me about it once. Her eyes lit up, brighter than the stars she loved so much, brighter than the city lights we promised to leave for good someday. At least one of us kept that promise. I give my girlfriend, Eden, a peck on the cheek and slip out onto the balcony. “He...

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“Kerosene One” by Annika Dauer

Submitted to Contest #63

By the time I step outside into the night, the leaves were on fire. The warm wind picks them up and swirled them in a hurricane of yellows, reds, and oranges of all shades. I smile softly and slide into the back of the waiting carriage My Lady kindly sent for me, turning my back to the scene, as beautiful as it was. I have work to do.Earlier... The ballroom rivaled a marketplace in noise and chaos. Women in fancy dresses twirled and waltzed with men in sharp frocks. Walking to the refreshments table was a nightmare, yet somehow I managed i...

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“The Last Dance” by Annika Dauer

Submitted to Contest #61

Tonight is Ophelia’s high school reunion. She got the invite weeks ago. Too bad she won’t be there. She decided she would stay home instead, drinking to old memories and remembering old times, both the good and the bad. Ophelia still lived in the area, just around the corner in fact. She just decided she was going to eat pizza and bing watch series she loved as a teenager. For one night, she was going to be young again. It would be enough. Too bad she RSVPed to go. Too bad she is expected to be there. Her oldest friends were gathered, just w...

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