Claire C

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Program Sixteen, Attempt Seven” by Claire C

Submitted to Contest #89

The man grabbed my throat as he pinned my body against the pavement. His hand was warm and clammy: uncomfortable, but that was the least of my worries. To my surprise, I didn’t feel my throat constrict, and warily, I sucked in heavy breaths. “What do you want from me?” I rasped. He ignored me, and spoke into a small watch on his free hand. “Program Sixteen, attempt six,” he muttered. “Location: Penn Station. Mark start time as 23:34, 12 seconds. Third log for April 6, 2059.” “I t...

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“Child of Stars” by Claire C

Submitted to Contest #86

“Things are not looking good up here,” a voice said through my comms. “But don’t wait for us. Get that thing down to the surface. With any luck, it’ll save us.” I swallowed, staring at the curve of the Earth beneath me. “Yes, sir.”I’d never gotten to see the planet in its prime. My commanders had told me stories of brilliant blue oceans and emerald continents, swirling weather patterns and vibrant sunsets. Earth wasn’t just a rock in space, it was a planet, a living thing.&nbs...

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“Causality” by Claire C

Submitted to Contest #54

June 29, 2120 The government supplied cars never get too far into the desert. Even the ones with the raised carriage and thick tires, the ones that go to the designated construction workers who have to drive off road sometimes. They only make it ten or so miles past the border. I don’t know why they get different cars than the rest of us. It’s not like they actually fix...

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“Five Days, Sixteen Hours, Nine Minutes, and Fifty Seconds” by Claire C

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #49

Crickets chirp, fire crackles, an electronic heartbeat punctuates the dark of night: short long, long short short, short long, short short short, long… A sonic history of the People of the Planet Earth drifts in the silence of deep space somewhere between stars, waiting to be played by an unlikely passerby. It was a romantic image of Earth’s message to the great beyond, which ...

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“The One Percent” by Claire C

Submitted to Contest #48

The most remarkable thing about me is my name. Prometheus Adolphus Black. It sounds like the name of someone’s superhero alter ego, or like some kind of video game villain that’s nearly unbeatable. It rolls off the tongue in a way that’s a little bit too pretentious for my taste, but it sure is unusual. One in a million. More like 31 in 325 million. One of .000008%. More peopl...

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Author bio

cornell university '26 18 years old ☆ I love to write science fiction ☆ aspiring engineer ☆ Latin student ☆ dancer ☆ space enthusiast ☆ avid Star Trek fan "highly illogical" - spock ☆shortlisted☆ "five days, sixteen hours, nine minutes, and fifty seconds" *regional gold key in 2021 scholastic art and writing awards please leave feedback! I'm always looking to improve :)

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #49

Five Days, Sixteen Hours, Nine Minutes, and Fifty Seconds – read story