Aurora Culler

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“This Forest Belongs to the Witches” by Aurora Culler

"Stay away from the forest," my mother cautioned me as a child. "There are witches inside of it, and they eat children." I had laughed, and she chased me around the house, snarling playfully. That was before the lawsuit. Her boss caught her with her husband, and sued. My mother was left poor, unwanted, untouched by any company that could hire her. The first time she got drunk, fully, truly, started-drinking-at-10-a.m drunk, she screamed at me, yelling how worthless and stupid I was. In her hangover, she said she wa...

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“Romance Isn't Dead, Just Different” by Aurora Culler

She was asleep. But that was nothing new. She always slept, always building universes, stories, people, making kisses and forging daggers, blood red wine in her dreams. My little dreamer, he had always called her. Always, always writing.

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“Well I Wonder” by Aurora Culler

Three years ago It’s a quiet night, wonderfully warm and tasting of humidity. The man knows this, and remembers how she loves these nights. She would hate the smell of gasoline and the cold, metallic tang of guns and spent bullets. If there wasn’t a war, he would love to bring her here.  It was a night like ...

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“The Cigarette Daydream” by Aurora Culler

Dante was on the couch with Ben watching TV in their dingy, lamp-lit living room when he got the call. It was from his little brother. Quite unusual, considering that Elijah had cut ties with Dante when he told him about Ben. He was so young, not yet out of middle school. He could hardly understand the more complex parts of life. The religious upbringing didn’t help.

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“Tell the Night Sky” by Aurora Culler

Dear five-year-old me, Hello! You’re probably confused about this, this letter, why I’m writing this. I don’t know either. I think it’s because when I was out walking, I caught a whiff of something that smelled like fresh cut grass and hay and laundry detergent. It reminded me of my childhood, and the farm.

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