Ashlie Harris

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Rebelieve” by Ashlie Harris

Submitted to Contest #27

Sephora and Serenity are perpetually bathed in each other’s shadow. Serenity’s silver beams equivalate Sephora’s fiery rays, but neither outshines her sibling. They watch over mankind, as a shepherd guards his flock. Slowly, the people began forgetting to pay homage to those celestial deities. In the twilight hours, the two carry on an ethereal conversation:“Sephora, you’re too hot-headed,” complained Serenity, “Give humans a break! They’re easily one of the weakest creatures on the planet, yet they’re intelligent enough to understand at lea...

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“Destination: DNA” by Ashlie Harris

Submitted to Contest #6

Lindsey Burke propped her feet up on the dash and slurped on a watered-down soda. She stared out her window at the blur of green hues from the trees and grass flashing by. Sighing heavily and throwing her silky blonde hair back against the beige, pleather headrest, she glanced over to her mother in the driver’s seat. Sherri Burke’s tight perm and loose brown ponytail bobbed up and down as she drove. Studying her mother’s face, Lindsey wondered when she’d gotten wrinkles and if her mouth was always so taut, or if it was just when she was driv...

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Author bio

AshlieHarris.Wordpress.com A unique childhood and a passion for the written word meant I was destined to be a storyteller. As a full-time mom with four home-schooled children, I have access to an endless stream of imagination! I’ve lived all my life in the heart of the Midwest USA – a place I like to call “The Land of Corn and Beans.” I still live here, but my husband and I may explore moving North in the future. Always the writer, I can often be found asking inappropriate questions, staring at seemingly nothing for hours on end, and generally being completely socially awkward while dreaming up new adventures and characters. My biggest dream, though, is that people begin to look past their differences and treat one another as the one, single race that we are: human.