C Russell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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“The Void” by C Russell

Submitted to Contest #255

“Was going to start this out with ‘I am sorry’, but I have said that so many times that I believe I am covered for eternity. Some people just aren’t meant to be here. Their nerves are too raw, MY nerves are too raw. It’s as though a filet knife has been used to cut through my skin, tip to tail, flipped it inside out and then stitched up nice and pretty; and I am expected to live this way, in THIS world.  It is no one’s fault, so please do not expect to have “seen the signs...

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“Endings” by C Russell

Submitted to Contest #223

Lexi sighed deeply, gradually letting the air escape through her parted lips. A gentle whistle followed and suddenly she was snapped back to reality, turtling her head down and mouthing, “Sorry!” to the people on her left and right, where from her periphery, she could see the inevitable stink-eye being thrown in her direction.               In her therapist’s office, it had been so effortless to close her eyes and breathe deeply while surrounded by overgrown house plants a...

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“Cube Farm” by C Russell

Submitted to Contest #222

“You’ve. Got. This.”               “Who is she saying that to?” I lean in close and whisper to the short, hipster with an impressive handle-bar mustache showing me around my new work place.               “You. Me. Everyone out there,” he says gesturing to the sea of cubicles in front of us. “It’s inspiring, right?” His eyes glaze over in reverence towards my new manager. “You are so lucky to work under M...

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