Coira MacHaffie

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (6)

6 Stories

159 karma pts

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“Coming To Terms” by Coira MacHaffie

Submitted to Contest #85

The Aldritch Academy of Magic, Sorcery, and All Things Presently Unknowable was a menace. This was, of course, well-known by the citizens of Aldritch proper. No one had forgotten the incident three years past when an aspiring necromancer had accidentally raised all the dead buried on city grounds, which had led to a harrowing forty-eight hours where the deceased had outnumbered the living by an uncomfortable margin and had, in more than a few cases, decided to increase their numbers further by settling some old grudges before the necromancer...

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“The Fear of Living” by Coira MacHaffie

Submitted to Contest #84

Social hour was always the highlight of Mickie’s week. Every Saturday afternoon, she headed out of her family’s pod and started the decontamination process. In the first chamber, she stripped down to her underclothes, shivered through the freezing cold decon shower, and then stood in the little dryer stall until her skin was pink with heat and moisture-free again. Then she moved to the second chamber, where she donned a new set of pre-sterilized clothes, a cleanroom suit, a pair of latex gloves, a set of goggles, a cloth facemask, and a plas...

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“Live Like You're Alive” by Coira MacHaffie

Submitted to Contest #82

In the four days since Kevin had been laid off from his job at the power plant, he’d taken to spending his days walking the city on foot, stopping in at any business with a “Help Wanted” sign in the window and filling out an application as he went. He spent his nights filling out job applications online, but there wasn’t much else he could do to fill up the empty time. It was well into the evening and he’d given up for the day, turned towards his tiny apartment, when the sky opened up in defiance of the weather reports he was receiving in re...

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“Blind Dates and Crystal Balls” by Coira MacHaffie

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #81

The problem with being the most powerful witch in the city, and possibly the most powerful witch in the world, was that it made the already-complicated process of dating that much harder. Every man Cassandra went out with was either terrified of how powerful she was or only interested in her because of how powerful she was. It was exhausting. So when Jenna proposed her ridiculous plan for a blind date, Cassandra was just worn down enough to offer only a token protest. “Look, I know it sounds a little crazy,” Jenna said. “A little?” Cassand...

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“Words And Deeds” by Coira MacHaffie

Submitted to Contest #80

“How are you doing over there?” Brian asked. “You look a little nauseous.” “I’m not a little nauseous,” Rachel denied. “I’m a lot nauseous. This whole thing is ridiculous. I don’t give speeches. I haven’t given a speech since my college speech and debate class, and I only took that class because they wouldn’t let me graduate without it.” “Rachel, you are here because you have literally stood up to people who were trying to kill you without batting an eye,” Brian said. “Is one speech really that bad?” “It’s worse,” Rachel said. “If I had a...

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“Freedom Isn't Free” by Coira MacHaffie

Submitted to Contest #79

Sarah knew what it meant when she came home from work to find her sister in tears and two men in dark suits standing in their living room. One of the men approached her, badge held out, but she didn’t need to read it to know what it said. Department of Information Integrity. The DII Boys. “How could you?” Lizzie cried. “After what Mom and Dad did to us? How could you do this to me?” “You didn’t have to turn me i...

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Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #81

Blind Dates and Crystal Balls – read story