Claire Champion

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“The Great Light” by Claire Champion

Submitted to Contest #39

Run, run - don’t stop, never stop. My life I’ve always been on the move. I heard that the world used to be safe, but that was years ago. It hasn’t been habitable for a very long time. ~~~People didn’t know what was happening at first. It started with summers becoming longer. Where before they might last for three months, they stretched to four, five, and then six - a full half of the year! They thought that maybe the world was warming. Then scientists detected that, rather than it being “global warming”, as they had originally thought, ...

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“Quaranteam” by Claire Champion

Submitted to Contest #38

Quarantine started right after I moved to Portland. It was unfortunate timing given that I’d moved across the country on my own and was living without roommates for the first time. I was more alone than I’d ever been in my life. What was supposed to be a fun adventure was turning into a free fall and just when I thought I had hit rock bottom I found that I could fall further.I was okay at first. I worked remotely and stayed kind of on a schedule. Every morning I changed from my night PJs to my day PJs. I stayed online for about 8 hours, then...

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“The Realm” by Claire Champion

Submitted to Contest #37

My life was going well. I have a great family, an occasionally annoying younger brother and I lived in an average house (picket fence and all). I didn’t think there was more out there, or that maybe it was a little boring until I met the stranger. To tell you about her, I need to back up quite a bit. To a Tuesday night in late September. ~September~I had my hands stuffed deep into my pockets. To say that Midwest winters are cold is a drastic understatement. Midwest winters are brutal. It’s so cold that when I stepped outside the wind ma...

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“The Bus Station in Argentina” by Claire Champion

Submitted to Contest #36

January 17, 2015My life is normal, if maybe a little boring. I live in a tiny city in rural Wisconsin. It’s lovely and idyllic and everyone I know seems to be so happy here. But I feel trapped, as though I’m wasting the prime years of my life.What is wrong with me? Why can’t I just be content? I dream of traveling the world, of living outside of the Midwest, of seeing what else is out there.June 25, 2015I’m not sure what to do. I’m suffocating in this small town and the feeling gets more intense by the day. But making a change is terrifying....

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“The Decision” by Claire Champion

Submitted to Contest #35

I didn’t know what I wanted. But to be fair, I never did. It was a defining (if not the defining) aspect of my personality. Even now, wandering around a park near my apartment, I can barely choose a direction in which to go. To keep any forward movement happening, I let my feet blindly lead - that way I’m at least going somewhere. It’s a fine park, although really I’ve chosen it for the proximity to me. I’ve rarely been here, despite the closeness to my place. I’m usually in such a hurry that I feel I don’t have time to waste on things like ...

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