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C.G Ripplinger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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By The King's Authority

Submitted to Contest #241

The hour struck midnight. The only souls awake in the castle were the night guards patrolling the grounds inside and out and the ruler of said Castle Watercrest, King Morain. It was never unusual for him to be up this late. It did annoy his beloved Queen, feeling her husband getting out of bed for his nightly ritual. For the King, the witching hour was the best time to clear his mind and develop solutions to tasks right then, rather than wait for the morning as it limited the number of voices that distracted him. Thi...

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Keeping Up Appearances

Submitted to Contest #207

It was close to midnight when Anna decided to leave the bed and shuffle to the living room. No matter what she tried, what white noise she found on the internet, or what techniques her life coaches or associates recommended, nothing could achieve that blissful REM sleep she desired. Something had latched onto her brain lately, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't alleviate herself from that feeling. It had been a long day, sure. She had several meetings planned for the next day, so there may have been some anxiety. But it wasn't he...

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We've Got This

Submitted to Contest #203

Greg's snoring could be heard throughout the usually quiet house. His body was sprawled all about the double queen size bed, with one arm behind his head, the other close to his crotch to occasionally scratch at his belly button, his left leg angled fifty degrees from his torso and entering dangerously close to his wife's side of the bed, and his right leg just completely off the bed entirely. His short shirt exposed his poor stomach and the amount of self-conscious adjusting he'd done throughout his sleep allowed his jogging pants to ride d...

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