Grace Ogren

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“When Opposites Contract” by Grace Ogren

Submitted to Contest #107

Joe was a man of few words, but the ones he spoke were more valuable than anyone else’s. His speech was in bold, swaying in italics, in constant capitalization and always underlined. To me, at least. It was hard to even hear him sometimes. I was used to leaning in, getting closer to his dark, ever-changing hair and the juniper smell he stole from the woods. The extra effort was worth it time and time again. In groups, sometimes he would duck his head to mine and mu...

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“The Tail of Revenge ” by Grace Ogren

Submitted to Contest #52

The weeks before a name was announced proceeded like every year before it: sleepless nights, sporadic teary eyes, heavy silence around the dinner table—it was just a part of life everyone learned to accept. Every year, the humans send up one of us—one of the mermaids that keep their oceans clean and fish in their stomachs. We are vastly outnumbered compared to them, which ostensibly leaves us as their sacrificial slaves. One could argue that this arrangement isn’t all bad, after all, they leave us alone for most of...

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Author bio

I write in the addiction and mental health space and love writing YA books in my free time.