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B. D. Bradshaw

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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Forgotten

My life began much like any other. I knew a warm home, loving parents, friends, neighbours - comfort, support. That all changed. It started at school. I'd raised my hand in class and was ignored. They stopped calling my name on the register. Then my friends rebuffed me, refusing to acknowledge my presence. When I got home, I met much the same from my parents. My bedroom stood empty. Photographs of me were taken off the walls. My toys and clothes were gone. I cried out, begging to understand. But no one knew me. I hadn't died. I wasn't abando...

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Bibliotheca Imaginum

By Udren, how big is this place? To think the Solar of Literature would know the site of each page the same as the stars in the sky still confounds me. Ten thousand years into my apprenticeship and I am yet to locate the right shelf half the time. And I should be the one to succeed them? Solars' bane. Curse these labyrinthine halls. My lantern would barely shine upon the signpost of the upcoming section, how does one expect me to seek out a nameless works by this century with such pitiful equipment? I have heard how they do it on the physi...

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At the End of the World

"Yo, Bex! You keeping up back there?" Jaden cried, muffled behind the cloth of his mask. The newbie loitered towards the rear of the party, dragging her feet through the bog. Typical. Because why would she think to follow in the others' footsteps? No, but they only had an extra eight years experience traversing the miasma. It was not a benign classroom, one wrong step and that would be it - 'there ain't no point in risking the lives of the adepts to get you out,' so the elders said. The survivors knew how to move, how to study the pools and ...

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An Insight into the Institute Of Ambiguous Autecology

November 1, 2025 By Dr. Morgan May With my thirty-two years in the field of zoology, I have been most privileged to be invited to a number of research facilities all over the world. From the Testing Bureau of Acarology in Canberra, to the Centre Of Improved Apiology in Montreal - with every facility I have visited and interviewed, it has been my delight to share my experiences with the dear readers of The Paragon. However, I fear no degree of expertise in this industry could have possibly prepared me for all that I witnessed at The Institu...

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What Happened at Hillview House

The chill air rushed into my car as I unlocked the door, taking a step outside onto the open road. It was late, much later than I'd feared. I was sure I'd followed the directions exactly, but I thought to check them again anyway, just in case. Searching my pockets, I soon recovered that crumpled scrap of paper Katrina had given me. My eye wandered to the clock on the dashboard - barely one in the morning. I'd driven well over fifty miles looking for the spot she'd recommended. There was no way in hell I could have stayed the night at her pla...

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The Detour

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. "You've ruined everything!" I howled, fixing my stare on my reflection in the dirty passenger window. Miserable - I wrapped the grubby coat he'd shared with me tighter around my body, desperate for a reminder of warmth. "I was only trying to help." I refused to talk to him, watching on into the growing storm. If I could only focus on the blizzard, maybe I would be able to get through the night without tearing into him. My eyes drifted. Sleep threatened to take hold, but I kne...

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