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Fern Everton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2022

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Silence

Fern Everton

Submitted to Contest #245

CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains some profanity, tormenting internal monologue, and a little bit of blood. Viewer discretion advised.“A dangerous eclipse. Have you ever heard of something so absurd?” Shelley is laughing beside me as we stroll into the park. “Can’t say that I have,” I reply. “The most you have to worry about is the sun, and that’s only before it’s total.”I flip open my messenger bag and pull out two pairs of eclipse glasses, handing one to Shelley.“Before one of us goes blind,” I smile.Any number of things take up ev...

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To Be Heard

Fern Everton

Submitted to Contest #244

Content Warning: This story is set during the Holocaust through the eyes of a fictional character. This story will contain themes of violence and death, and depictions of Nazi occupation in Poland, as well as anti-Semitic themes (which I do not support). Extensive research has been done to ensure this text is as historically accurate as possible. Any relation to real people is purely coincidental. Viewer discretion is advised. There are two days in my childhood that time will never take: the day I got my camera and the day it almost c...

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Doomed

Fern Everton

Submitted to Contest #243

CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains descriptions of violence, gore, and some profanity. Viewer discretion is advised. A shrill wail jolts me from the quiet darkness of sleep to the glare of LED lights flooding an unfamiliar room. The ground I lay on is hard and cold— have I rolled off my bed again? Another wail prompts me to push my upper body off the ground; the setting before me tilts and spins like I’ve just staggered out of an old rollercoaster. I squeeze my eyes shut against the bright, dizzying room and clench my teeth to fight back ...

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Caged Birds

Fern Everton

Submitted to Contest #237

CONTENT WARNING: This piece includes mentions and descriptions of physical and sexual violence towards children. It deals with trauma. If you are uncomfortable with the aforementioned topics, please do not proceed. Reader direction is advised. This will be your only warning. One night, I wanted a bird. I wanted to buy a shiny silver cage so it couldn’t escape. I wanted it all to myself. Several nights later, I gazed blankly at the shafts of moonlight that filtered through a grimy, broken window, its glass scattered on the rotting wooden flo...

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Blood Roses [LoE]

Fern Everton

Submitted to Contest #206

CONTENT WARNING: Blood, physical violence, mentions of gore, some light profanityIt’s like watching the opening scene of a horror movie. Dark crimson blood pours down the side of a tree trunk and falls onto white roses at its base like raindrops. They’re already completely doused in the distinctive liquid, and as more accumulates on them, the petals bend, and the blood falls into the once-green grass. The rest is a watercolor blur; the backdrop may be a forest. A strange darkness hangs over everything, and as much as I love the dark, it...

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