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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022
Submitted to Contest #302
Prafiro’s Roar Helbrid gazed up at the torrenting skies of the planet Prafiro, just barely visible through the dense green jungle canopy, a seemingly green-black darkness closing in hundreds of feet above him. Distant thunder boomed so violently that it sent a shockwave shiver through the verdant species of a thousand different plants, causing a miniature torrent of rain to run off leaves, branches and stems and onto Helbrid’s muddied face. The brief rush of droplets on his face felt as good as it could, breaking up the ever-ending rhythmic ...
Submitted to Contest #234
The sun has not risen here for thousands of years. Icy wind hit his face as Cliffrax shivered and glanced at his wrist display, barely stopping his teeth from chattering. He tapped the luminated display with a gloved finger, as the wind howled in his ears. The display showed that his heart rate and body temperature were stable, but the iciness of this world was causing his technology to slow. He had crash landed on the planet IC3, which had a comically fitting Galactic Database Resignation. His original destination had been a lush, water...
Submitted to Contest #233
This is a prequel to my submission here: https://blog.reedsy.com/short-story/fk2533/ It just so happened that I mentioned a drought in that submission, so I thought I would continue building on that universe. Enjoy! -------------------------------------- Drayven stood at his post on one side of the large polished archway, the peak barely made it halfway up the painted vaulted ceilings of the Watersleeper Royal Quarters, located deep within the ocean sized lake of Rivilius. As Watersleeper culture had evolved over the millennia, they had begu...
Submitted to Contest #232
Write a story about someone looking for a sign in a dark sky. This world has turned to darkness. Drayven stood knee deep in warm, weedy waters. He could feel the gentle tide pushing waves against his slick muscular legs, like a calming massage. But all was not calm. He let out a wet cough, his sparkling black eyes peered through the wall of smoke surrounding him. With his secondary protective eyelids engaged to protect his sensitive aquatic eyes, he took in the landscape around him as the smoke cleared. That which had once been his...
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