Elisabeth Lumen Nova

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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2 Stories

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β€œSomeday Somewhere!” by Elisabeth Lumen Nova

Anxiety gives way to total confusion. I rack my brains for a coherent clue that would explain what I'm doing here, while I woke up in the middle of a field of flowers as far as the eye can see. The sky is strangely clear, warmed by an amber-lit sun. In other circumstances, I would have found the place very idyllic. A place conducive to relaxation and idleness; the dream for a perfect vacation, but at this moment, this plethora of small, colorful and fragrant flowers leaves me neither hot nor cold, and even tends to horrify me.ο»ΏI feel the urg...

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β€œTrou Noir” by Elisabeth Lumen Nova

Submitted to Contest #282

The last glow had faded... How much time had passed since that fateful day? Weeks, months? Maybe more?  In a nearly lethargic state, I remember that day, which we had prepared for down to the last detail. A beautiful summer day where the sun shone fiercely, and everyone dreamed of heading to the seaside, while we were getting ready to descend into the heart of darkness.A dull noise in the distance brings me back to the terrible reality. A horrifying sound coming from the depths of the earth, which haunts us endlessly. It’s like a h...

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Author bio

I was born in Provence to the songs of the cicadas and the scents of the scrubland. One day I caught the virus of the word that made a benevolent and liberating ink flow. Since then this enchanted, incurable and devouring disease carries me and transports me. I sow words by making their golden lights sing, cry, dream, which on everything lay a soothing veil. Soon my first collection of published poetry will be available, the second is finished and I am currently writing a fantasy novel.