Butterfly Red

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“Normal (?)” by Butterfly Red

“I’m leaving now.” My cousin grabbed her keys off the coffee table. “I left a list for you in the kitchen.  I tuned her out and followed her out the door. A streak of gray caught my eye on my way to the kitchen for a snack. Rat! - I immediately thought - but it was the cat. Why did she let it roam around? Wasn’t it supposed to be in a cage? Why did she get a cat in the first place? I thought of pulling cat hair out of my yogurt and postponed eating possibly contaminated food. I sat in the living room and it followed. But it didn’t come...

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“She Knows ” by Butterfly Red

Submitted to Contest #79

Hammer pounding and knife stabbing. That is what it felt like. I can only imagine how it felt for her. There was a time when we were as thick as thieves, as our mother likes to say anyway. We would tell each other anything, we would defend each other against everything. Despite me being five and her being eleven, we would even wear the same clothes. She was more than a sister, she was my best friend.  Then one day she wasn’t.  I can’t really say that I didn’t see this coming. It wasn’t really a, “and then one day” situation; ...

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