Conner Bowen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“An Alter fit for the Presence of Darkness ” by Conner Bowen

Everything was ready for the ritual I presumed as the moonlit windows of the church shined like stars. Each colored pane reflecting a different hue onto the faces around me. A cold Autumn breeze blew in from the open shafts along the ceiling caused an aching shiver to creep into my spine. The walls made of ancient stone resembled a castle fallen in a century unknown to humankind. The wooden booths laying in a pattern along the church were tattered and beaten. Some laid rotten and some were missing, the smell of fungus and old pine filled the...

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“Behind The Pine” by Conner Bowen

Submitted to Contest #97

The sound almost like the crashing of garbage cans awakened me from my slumber. Like a metal lid rolling across the asphalt, my ears became heightened to the sounds being emitted from the night. Not wanting to leave the comfort of my sheets, I hesitated to move until the sound of the outside world grew too much for me to return to my nightly rest. Sitting up from the cushioned foam, my hair fell past my face and down my shoulders. It was cold, a breeze from seemingly nowhere blew past me causing a small shiver to traverse its way down my spi...

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“The Rightful King ” by Conner Bowen

Submitted to Contest #96

The boat slowly drifted into the port as a cold mist blew through the faces of everyone on board. The breeze shuffled everyone's well-kept hair and frivolous clothing. The mast rocked and creaked as the ship came to a forceful stop next to the wooden docks. Grabbing my one brown suitcase and nothing else, I took the first step onto the new land. My legs shook a bit as I had not yet rid myself of my sea legs but regardless the sight was tremendous. The city even in the day stood out against everything with its white marble, pillared buildings...

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Author bio

Really love writing short stories, and poems. Mostly right sad and dark stuff but I also like writing inspirational things from time to time.