Ben Heard

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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“A witch's guide to magic in a hurry” by Ben Heard

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #275

I checked my phone again. 12:13. Shit. I was twenty minutes away from home, twenty-five if I was being realistic. Not good. I was going to run out of time. For fuck’s sake. The twitch in my right eye that had been bugging me all day was constant now, locking me in a permanent squint. Even worse, my stomach was starting to gurgle, and I could feel myself starting to bloat. I had spent the last thirty-six hours at Izzy’s because her ‘boyfriend’, Dan, had told her that he couldn’t see her that weeken...

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“The Crossing” by Ben Heard

Submitted to Contest #272

Every year as the leaves begin to fall and the earth starts to settle down for the quiet seasons the border between worlds grows thin. It’s never very thick in the first place. The corporeal world and the land of spirits, ghosts, and all things supernatural have a way of bleeding into one another. Even when the metaphysical ‘dam’ is at its tightest, so to speak, things have a habit of slipping through. But as harvest ends and winter begins the flood gates open. The spirits of nature and of the departed can cross over and walk amongst those t...

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Contest #275

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