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Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021
Submitted to Contest #96
"You're so silly", Christy laid back on the blanket and stared up at the cotton candy clouds. The way they swam across the sky in mesmerizing fashion captivated her for a moment. She saw a figure appear out of the different whisps and clumps. Something like a puppy or maybe a baby moving and stretching, always changing. She pointed up at the figure distracting my gaze from her for a moment. I wanted to see what she saw. I wanted to know what made her pause for such a while. "It's a butt!" "What!", I looked back to see her pointing a...
Submitted to Contest #95
Alex sat by the hospital bed, eyes closed, deep in thought. All he could hear in his mind was her laugh. A smooth but high-pitched giggle that cut through all his memories. When they were both very young he tried to impress her by climbing a tree, but ended up ripping his pants, she laughed. When he showed up late to school one day drenched in rain with a mysterious stain on his pants, she laughed. When he told her how he really felt about her, she laughed, but then she kissed him. He couldn't do anything without her laughing at him. But he ...
βPerhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.β β George Orwell, 1984
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