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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022
Submitted to Contest #169
This story may contain cemeteries undead and magic read at your discretion. Lightning split the eternal night, illuminating the path between the headstones. In the years I had been trapped in the cursed city of Cho Wren, the darkness had never let the lightning show. I hoped more strikes would appear. The dead milling around seemed frozen by the sudden light; even the shadowy wraiths that devoured the life from the living seemed frozen by the brilliance. I caught the outline of a crypt and hoped it was the right one this time. It was hard ma...
Submitted to Contest #134
I had 3 weeks to figure out what to do before the sentencing for my inheritance. I couldn't believe that this could happen to me. I never thought that someone would mention me in their will let alone leave me their entire estate. If I had known before my Great uncle had fallen into a coma I would have refused the bequest. He had been in a coma for ten years. In that time the inheritance laws changed, the tax was more a punishment than a fair law. Receiving it would cost me everything. My home was in jeopardy. We could not afford to move into...
Submitted to Contest #130
" Yet again. Its a CRYPT!" Alera said. "Yes it is, so what?" I repeated. "Your telling me that you were hired to rob not just a grave, but The Clerics Crypt, and you want me to go with you?" "Well yeah who else would I take with me. Really Alera your my best friend, I wouldn't have it any other way." "Your insane. Get out Harnic, don't come back again." I didn't understand the problem at the time, but standing here now I thought I might. Staring into the eerie blackness of the cemetery was unnerving. I looked up at the middays sunΒ th...
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