E.G. Reid

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Daylight Planetes” by E.G. Reid

The land here is mysterious, and slightly cursed. The weeds are full of gravestones. There are houses, too, a few in in the span of each mile, the kind that may as well be ground-level treehouses for how entangled with limbs and foliage they are. It is verdant here; the brush is bright with a hue as vibrating as the cicada chant that carries on under emerald cover. The driveways are pebbly strips of grey...

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“Dust to Dust” by E.G. Reid

Brutality is still the norm, though the hard times are spoken of as past. For those vying for this new world, from law officers to rebel agitators, cold bloodedness a given. It’s necessary, Officer Mike Ashton tells himself. Without Ashton and the other agents of the East Coast Reformed States (ECRS), agitators will shatter the peace that bandages their hurting society. And then where wo...

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“Dead Man's Midnight” by E.G. Reid

“You should be ashamed of yourself.” “Oh, don’t worry. I am.” I sighed. This was a conversation we had repeated many times before. I could read both sides of the script, a one-woman show. I carried on, “There are better things to be doing with your time, Taylor. You could be doing something constructive.” “I am.” She shrugged, and her matter-of-fact voice floated flatly ove...

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“The Imperfect Solution” by E.G. Reid

By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. The drizzle that had dulled the October morning had run its course, and now a brilliant afternoon sun slanted its rays down on the leaves that shimmered under the sky’s pristine blueness. I knew exactly how long I had been in the ruins, reading, pondering, and experiencing the world, yet I had not predicted th...

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“Sweet Dreams” by E.G. Reid

Why do we punish criminals? Does society lock them up to keep them out of trouble? Do they put guys away in hopes that being deprived of liberty will teach them a lesson? I guess we’re lucky that in this century, they just put us away. There used to be executions, things that’d make your skin crawl, like losing your head or stretching your neck, or frying you though with electricity. In the 21st Century, they ...

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