Charlotte Poe

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“What You Protect” by Charlotte Poe

Submitted to Contest #49

He had been guarding the object for a very long time. Long enough, and deep enough, down deep below the groaning, shifting plates of the earth, where the ground beneath his feet was warm to the touch, this hollowed out nest of ash and ancient whispers, he had stood, he had waited. His knuckles had grown large and nobbled, his knees creaked a little more and moved a little less easily. His beard, long since white and wiry, hung in intricate braids, braids knotted with the patience and shaking of arthritic hands, made beautiful by time and onl...

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“Katie Milburn Is Alive” by Charlotte Poe

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #36

I, Katie Milburn, am alive. I’ve been awake nearly two days and I’m pretty sure I want to die, but I’m also pretty sure that right now, in this moment, I’m alive. So that’s terrifying. Lots of things are terrifying, I think. Which is kind of the problem. I mean, look at the universe. Nobody really understands the beginnings or the ends of it, or if it even has beginnings and ends, and I think, well, isn’t it kind of subjective?Like, before I was born, hell, even for several months after, nothing really existed for me until somethin...

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Author bio

Charlotte Amelia Poe (they/them) is the author of How To Be Autistic (2019).

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #36

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