Arielle Manning

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“The King is Dead” by Arielle Manning

Submitted to Contest #58

I was doing my hair, when I heard the news. Going through the familiar motions of “wash day”, happiness wrapping me in comfortable oblivion, I missed the first message that came in. The hair dryer was in one hand, hot air blowing into my face with every pass over my hair. No matter how hard I tried, the thick frizz that formed a dark halo around my head and shoulders could never be tamed. The only thing that brought some semblance of control was a meticulous and coordinated process of brushing, applying hair mousse, and drying using a downwa...

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