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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019
Submitted to Contest #31
Breathe in. Breathe out. Slowly the air left his lungs, before he felt them expand as he filled them up with oxygen again. It was painful but it felt good, a release almost. So long had he felt as if he had been holding his breath, as if he was under water, drowning. His hands wrapped around the steering wheel as he struggled for breath. His heartbeat sped up just enough to make him feel alive. Oh, he had not felt alive for way too long now. Loudly he breathed out again and dared to look outside of his window. He didn't know how long he...
Submitted to Contest #28
She had been bruised and broken. Her hopes and dreams shattered on the floor beneath her. She had been fighting, holding on to the broken pieces of glass, she once used to call her heart, until they slipped beyond her grip. Blood was running down her fingers but she couldn't feel the source of the pain that caused it. Nothing but the ache she felt inside of her chest. Nothing but the hole it had left. She had fallen to her knees. The sharp glass was drilling itself into the soft skin around her kneecap, but she wouldn't feel ...
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