Eliza Leonel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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“Confessions of a Wolf” by Eliza Leonel

Submitted to Contest #277

After Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were heroically freed from the wolf’s belly by a passing hunter, the wolf’s story didn’t end in a happily-ever-after. Instead, it continued in a far less glamorous setting: The Psychiatric Institution. The wolf, still suffering from a persistent stomach ache (unsurprising, given his belly had been sliced open to extract two undigested humans), spends his days chained in his enclosure, gazing through the barred window. Lonely and despondent, he howls at the moon, his mournful cry echoing throug...

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“Just Another Dead Girl Underwater” by Eliza Leonel

🏆 Winner of Contest #275

Trigger Warning: implications of death, violence and sexual harassment By the time the fisherman finds me, I will have been dead for thirty-three hours, six minutes, and twenty-nine seconds. Eighteen hours since the police declared me missing. Fifteen hours since Zoe told my biology teacher that my tent was empty, that I hadn’t returned from the party we’d snuck out to the night before. Careful, quiet, every twig a possible snitch. It was exhilarating, our hearts pounding, the smell of pine and seaweed thick in the air, and the moon a perfec...

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Author bio

By day, I observe the world around me, from the quirks of everyday life to the oddities of human behavior. By night, I turn those observations into stories. Excited to be part of an inspirational writing community!

Winning 1 story 🏆

Contest #275
Just Another Dead Girl Underwater – read story