Dillon Bess

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“IC3” by Dillon Bess

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...

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“The Drought” by Dillon Bess

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...

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“The 5th Great Rivilius Conflict” by Dillon Bess

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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