Cieanna Arnett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

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“The Exes” by Cieanna Arnett

Submitted to Contest #264

The Exes by Cieanna Arnett Guests of Charlotte and Derick’s wedding ceremony fill the wooden pews. I scan the area, decorated in shades of beige ribbons and white flowers. It’s dreadfully bland. I’m sweating in my brown suit jacket and peel it off. I grab the flask of whiskey from my pocket before I drape it on the back of the seat. The chatter from the guests comes to a stop as the wedding march sounds. Charlotte makes her way down the aisle and I take a swig from my flask as I watch her glide down the walkway. She walks past my ais...

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“Arizona Summer” by Cieanna Arnett

Submitted to Contest #262

The once cold bath has turned lukewarm. Marlo Blake sits in the tub, her skin turning prune-like. She clutches a copy of Wuthering Heights. Marlo sets the book down, leans over the side of the tub, and reaches for her phone on the floor. Checking the time, she sees it's been over an hour since she first entered the bathtub. She sighs and lays her head back for a moment. It’s been sitting at over one hundred and twenty degrees in Lake Havasu City for the past six days, and the power grid is failing. Most of the city has lost energ...

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