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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022
Submitted to Contest #257
Virgil had risen above the actors. The air was cooler up in the fly space. Musty, metallic, muted. Macbeth (Michael) was stumbling over his lines below. Virgil had wanted to be an actor. Now he had loftier goals. His thin arms trembled as he reached for the batten above him to steady himself. His entire body swayed with his every movement like a bough of a half-felled tree despite four crew members below holding the base of the lift steady. The cold batten provided no assurance in his slick grip, as it was suspended in the fly space with ste...
he/they, fae boy creature with many names.
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