Christian Melot

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Family secrets” by Christian Melot

Submitted to Contest #220

It's Saturday. It's one of those autumn weekends when Mum drops me off at Grandma and Grandpa's house. When the weather's nice, we play in the garden. What's more, at the beginning of the summer, Grandpa put a swing in there for me. Perfect for July, very average in October. Everything gets wet and the dead leaves stick to the seat. Besides, it's too cold for Grandpa to push me. As soon as the temperature drops, he can't stop complaining about his knee. I gather it's from a war injury. I asked what war was like and Grandpa showed me his rifl...

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“ Of journeys we don't choose” by Christian Melot

Submitted to Contest #218

Contains passages addressing medical conditions I was dozing off.  I would have liked to sleep, to let myself be carried away by the rhythmic hum of the wheels on the tracks. But every time my eyes closed, reality pulled at my eyelids. Through the ringing of a phone or the passing of another train that made the whole carriage vibrate. Tired of struggling with this inexhaustible adversary, I surrendered my body to the train and wandered through the bucolic landscapes of southern France. My eyes skipped over fields, old farms with d...

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Author bio

I've always loved magic. In every video game, I always choose the wizard. For a long time, I believed there was no magic in our world until the day someone explained electricity to me. I then believed for a long time that electricity, magnetism, were the magic of our world. Then I learned to read and realized that, in fact, it was books. So, I'm trying to become a good magician. I hope to read you. I hope you will read me