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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019
Submitted to Contest #69
It had always been a disaster from the start. Kate's life had begun fairly calm and peaceful. Born to an ambitious mother and a diligent father, Kate's future had shimmered vividly before she'd taken her first steps. The family was stable, loving and seemingly perfect in every way. But it was nearing three years of Kate's life when she gained a sibling, then another, then another, then another as the years went by and it didn't stop there. By the time Kate was one year shy of turning eighteen, she'd had seven siblings on her tail. She s...
Submitted to Contest #37
Millie could feel the waves of anxiety rolling off of her sister. Laura was sat beside Millie on their beige settee, overlooking the vast blue of the sky through the french doors. Their parents had rented this flat for its proximity to Millie’s college and Laura’s job as a fitness trainer.They were both expected at their perspective places this Tuesday morning. However, after breakfast, Laura had snaked her fingers through Mille’s and guided her to the settee they were now perched upon. Mille waited patiently for what Laura had to say but he...
Submitted to Contest #3
The old rusted bus waggled to a halt. Clarisa wasn't surprised at the emptiness of the bus. She grabbed her cross-body handbag from the seat next to her and slung it over her shoulder. She stood up, her body stiff from apprehension and moved about the chairs."Hurry with it!" the driver barked at Clarisa and she visibly flinched from the harsh impatience in his tone. She could tell he was nervous about the surrounding and she didn't blame him.She stepped out the bus and her leather sandals slapped the pavement whose bits had been chipped away...
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