Carolyn Neal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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“The Redaction” by Carolyn Neal

Submitted to Contest #251

The sight of a small, leather-bound book within the gutted innards of the most boring-sounding manuscript Samy had ever seen set an immediate pause to their work. The job of scanning the decaying pages of this ancient work under the dim blue lighting of the Academy Archive working rooms was supposed to be the last for the day, and Samy was fully prepared for hours of watching robots turn pages and take pictures. They did not anticipate this. Samy took a step b...

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“Paradise Lost” by Carolyn Neal

Submitted to Contest #248

They say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. I suppose that is true, but such platitudes are usually reserved for much different circumstances. It’s meant for you to appreciate impermanent things in your life: your youth, your loved ones, maybe a delicious pie… As grand as the intent behind those words may be, there are some things that you just never plan on losing. I know that may sound stupid, given the reality of, well, everything, but when you design and manufa...

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“Echoes” by Carolyn Neal

Submitted to Contest #247

The event horizon is the most terrifying and mesmerizing location in the universe. The one belonging to Navier-11, located just a few months' trip from the nearest outpost, was to be avoided at all costs under normal circumstances. The supermassive blackhole had a consumption rate comparable to the next three largest combined. There were always murmurs of it being linked to the beginning, a forever echo of the unzipping of the universe, slowly making its way towards zipping all matter back up. There was even a religion tied to it, the Singul...

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