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Gwen C.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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The Other

Gwen C.

“For three years, I’ve done exactly as you said. I’ve completed every task, done every deal. I’m no longer yours. You took me in, yes, but only because you got money for it. That’s what you do, you scheme and tower, but you no longer have any power over me.” My breath ran short, cutting off my tirade. He stared at me. The man who had called himself my father for three years, but had treated me horribly, the man who had towered over me, controlling me. Now that man cowered beneath my glare, and I felt powerful. Holding my bags directly ...

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When We All Come Round

Gwen C.

Submitted to Contest #94

March 5, 2016“Mama, you promised you’d come explore Granpa’s attic today! Can we, please?” The whole first five minutes of the relatively short drive was just a constant stream of the same request, before Eddie’s mother could get a word in edgewise. “Yes, said we could, why do you think we’re going over there? Granpa said we could, and he’s out of town, so we will.” “Yeah!” Eddie pumped her fists in the air. "Finally, I get to see, what’s in the magical world up there,” she sang. Her mother laughed. “It’s really not that magic...

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The Five

Gwen C.

Submitted to Contest #89

We sat on the limb of the tree, balancing precariously over the ground, twenty feet in the air. We’d climbed up the trunk, using the ample branches to haul ourselves to the very top. Looking down felt like falling, looking up made us feel like we were flying. We were gods up there, us three, like the eldest sons of Cronus, king of the sky. I was Zeus, my friends were Poseidon and Hades. Our lives had just changed completely, Poseidon was moving away, pulled by the crest of the waves of li...

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