Evelyn Kill

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“To the Pieces of a Person ” by Evelyn Kill

Submitted to Contest #89

Some people hate goodbyes. The only thing you hated was saying them more than once. You told me that a goodbye, a real goodbye, is final. Like a last breath, it's something that can only happen once. I don’t want to mess this one up.  The other day I found an empty snail shell in the garden. I picked it up between my forefinger and thumb to examine the nothingness inside, but my hands were shaking so badly that I crushed it between my fingertips. It turned to dust, and I thought of you. It felt like a sign, even though I never believ...

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“How the Fish Survive” by Evelyn Kill

🏆 Winner of Contest #84

The light that fills the room feels cold and blue, tinted by the shades across the window. This window faces south, so the light trickles in slowly and at first I can ignore it, but eventually I must open my eyes to this underwater light and take a deep breath in.  I used to get up so early. Some days I would go outside and watch the sunrise, warming my hands with a mug of herbal tea. The world was quiet, but not still. I admired the people moving about the streets, getting an early start. We had something in common, they and I. We a...

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Just trying to improve as a writer, one word at a time.

Winning 1 story 🏆

Contest #84
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