Growing Ocean

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2025

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“Delayed for a Reason” by Growing Ocean

Submitted to Contest #293

Trigger Warnings: This story contains sensitive information, particularly regarding pregnancy loss (miscarriage), grief, and emotional distress. "I'm late! We're late!" I yelled, gripping the wheel as I sped down I-275. My fiancé sat beside me, checking the time on his phone. The two-hour drive to Orlando was already cutting it close, but we had planned for everything—traffic, delays, even a coffee stop. Three hours ahead should have been enough. And it was… barely. We pulled up to the airport just in time. He grabbed his bag, ki...

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“Cobalt Heart” by Growing Ocean

Submitted to Contest #292

Love. That word never felt real to me growing up—not in the way movies made it look, not in the way the women in my family whispered about it while lighting candles and praying over the Bible. Love was something I chased, something I begged for, always feeling like I was either too much or not enough. I was born to a woman who never really wanted to be a mother. I think she wanted to love me, but she also wanted her freedom, the youth she lost when she got pregnant at nineteen. She carried me into the world alone. My grandmother shut the doo...

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