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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2022
Submitted to Contest #245
Thyra surveyed the water around her, diligently waiting for a minnow to reveal itself between the soft glints of reflected sunlight. Her long skirt was knotted around her waist, serving two purposes – keeping it dry and holding in place her bilberry-laden pouch. A faint ripple appeared beside her left foot. Without hesitation, Thyra deftly plucked a small silvery fish from the brook. She had four now, which wasn’t a lot, but with a portion of bread and a handful of berries, it would be sufficient. Cadoc wasn't expected home for another few d...
Submitted to Contest #244
Carmela walked into the library to meet her mother’s group, unaffected by the apprehension she was certain all the other women would be feeling.While other mothers got upset at old ladies poking their heads inside their prams, Carmela reveled in it. She would stand back, allowing them to admire her daughter. Waiting for them to tell her what she already knew. That her child was beautiful. Her eyes were wide and alert - two green moons gently marbled with copper and gold - in perfect contrast with her silky shock of dark hair. Her olive ...
Submitted to Contest #243
Time-Slips. Magnetic Temporal Quantum Vortices. Hellacious, thieving abysses. Last I heard, there are 358 known natural occurrences of them on Earth.Time-Slips are microcosms of extreme gravitational force with hyperactive time dilation, minus the spaghettification. Whatever that all means. They don’t know what causes them. Something about dark matter, and the speed of light. And collisions. All anyone really know for sure, is that inside a Time-Slip, time slows down, so that life around you can speed up. If you want to fast-forward through ...
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