Elizabeth Harper

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Alicia and the Party” by Elizabeth Harper

Submitted to Contest #93

It wasn’t easy for Alicia to put herself out there. She’d already endured what felt like an extremely long and tedious life by the time she was just 38 years old. She’d already gotten married…twice. Then divorced…twice. And while she wasn’t particularly bitter or jaded, she was extraordinarily wary of men and the havoc they could wreak on her quiet, comfortable life. She was quite sure she wanted no more of that. Never. Every day Alicia went to work, came home, tended to her garden, consumed a healthy dinner, went to her bedroom ...

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“Mirai's Destiny” by Elizabeth Harper

Submitted to Contest #89

Mirai came into the world with a vague sense of disillusionment, directly attributable to her parents, who had neither the time nor the inclination to deal with a second child. You see, Mirai was the result of what her parents privately whispered between themselves was an unfortunate accident. That attitude trickled down to Mirai’s sister Amata, born four years earlier, who didn’t show an ounce of interest in Mirai either. Amata and her parents had already formed a magical bubble and there was clearly only room for the three of t...

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“The End of the World as We Know It” by Elizabeth Harper

Submitted to Contest #80

The world was stunned and horrified on August 6, 1945. And again, just three days later. Within a month the Second World War ended. Global leaders endorsed treaties with the hope that nuclear weapons would never again be used by one major foreign superpower against another.*****Sam awoke with a start. Innately he knew something terrible was happening. He jumped out of bed, tugged on the cord to open his blinds, and surveyed the Los Angeles landscape from his tenth-floor apartment vantage point.“Hmmm, a little cloudy, but everything seems pre...

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Freelance Writer & Editor