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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021
The deep blue sea swallowed the boy, plunged into dangerous raging waves, crashing against the pillars pier. He felt the current pulled him into the depths of the ocean as he wavered, trying to keep conscious. His dark grey eyes grew heavy as he reached for the light that had reflected through the dark water. Beautiful, the boy thought. It was like time had stopped as the water became still, flowing calmly, quietly. A memory flashed across the boy’s mind. The warm smile of a girl in her grey tunic comes into view, dancing in the mea...
Submitted to Contest #91
Thunder drummed throughout the night sky as lightning danced at the sound of music, rain poured a glass of water to each sewer drain in the city of Babylon. While a mere boy gets chased down by a group of gangsters from school, he runs towards me at a fast pace grabbing my wrist. He yanks me from my spot, forcing me to leave my umbrella behind. My mood began to darken as my body began to tremble from the cold water splashing away at my feet. This idiot. “Must you always drag me into your mess?” I sighed. “Well, aren’t we a pa...
Submitted to Contest #87
The pale crescent moon shone like a silver dime in the night sky, peeking through the cracks of the blinds in Nico’s bedroom as he sat on his twin-sized bed starring at his alarm, calmly waiting for the time to change. He couldn’t sleep a wink because he was prepared for what’s to come the next day. Nico had made sure that all windows and doors were to be locked, all rooms in the house were to be cleaned, and that it had looked isolated before April 1st. Nico did not particularly enjoy April Fools because it was the day to pull pranks and ...
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