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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022
Submitted to Contest #156
The Gilmore stood tall and elegant as it glittered in the sun when I arrived to set foot in room 608 for the first time. The moving-out-for-the-first-time jitters were taking hold. I was young and ready to be on my own without being under my parentsβ thumb. I hauled what little of my belongings I had up to the sixth floor and slowly opened the door. It was smaller than I expected but perfect. As I slowly walked around examining the room, I remembered how the property manager told me how they fully restored the building to look exactly as it ...
Submitted to Contest #135
The swaying, soft rocking motion, and the light creaking sounds of the worn-down wood and rope lulled me to sleep like a baby wrapped safely in their mother's arms on a cold night. My limbs were flung haphazardly in all directions onto the wrinkly sheets with a blanket made of thick, scratchy wool wrapped about me. I was in such a deep sleep I began to sweat and dream intensely. The cabin I was sleeping in was so tiny it could only fit a bed, a person, and a chamber pot. Suddenly a roaring whistling made me jump with a start violently. I sat...
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