Eric Olson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“I Want to be Numb” by Eric Olson

Submitted to Contest #237

Leo and Orion were getting married. Rather, they were soon to be joined together as willing life partners at a traditional ceremony, in the presence of both of their families. You and I might say that sounds like a wedding, but these words have long been forgotten by the time of Leo and Orion. The need for them slowly but surely died out, around the same time that ERT (Emotional Regulation Technology) started to become more sophisticated and effective. So effective it was, that not only were certain words forgotten, but entire emotions altog...

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“Wafting Introspection” by Eric Olson

Submitted to Contest #205

There is a certain type of peace to be found at night, when one is outdoors with only the sounds of nature. While everyone else sleeps, recharging their bodies and minds for the coming day, I sit and try to find this peace, and I contemplate how the world all fits together. On such a night as described, I find myself initiating the familiar steps of my ritual. My steps are few and the work is easy, but I follow them to the letter. There is something ceremonious about doing a thing that one does often, exactly in the way that one always does ...

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“A Resolution of Steel” by Eric Olson

Submitted to Contest #190

The ground was red, both from the flickering reflections of the glowing flames, as well as from the dark blood that seemed to cover the ground. On his knees, Nathen gazed upon his house, the only home he had ever known, now aflame and burning furiously. He could feel the heat on his face from the blaze, but he remained where he knelt as tears began to blur his vision. He wanted to scream. He wanted to run straight through the failing wooden doorway to find his father, but he knew that no one he would find in that house would be alive. He k...

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“In the Seam Between ” by Eric Olson

Submitted to Contest #182

In the Seam Between by Eric Olson Sometimes we wish for things that we do not truly want to happen. But, in the moment, we feel as though that very thing would solve all the problems we may be facing. This is just the way of things, and these thoughts often fade in place of more logical ones that lead us toward thoughtful, informed decision making. But sometimes wishes can come true, and not always in the manner of which they were initially conceived. A thing like this happened to me once. It was the single most strange and unexplainab...

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“A Doomed Dream ” by Eric Olson

Submitted to Contest #44

It was a rather horrible day. It was raining, but it wasn’t one of those nice rainy days, where the rain fell almost like a mist and made the plants and flowers happy. Where the clouds would eventually part to let the warm sun create a rainbow that reflected on the wet leaves and grass. No. It was a horrible rainy day, where the raindrops were large and heavy and battered the flowers, and hammered upon the old wooden rooftops to the point where one couldn’t even hear the rumbling thunder that was equally as loud. The water quickly overflowed...

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Author bio

Amateur fiction writer mainly interested in the fantasy and science fiction genres.