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Hannah Reitz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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The end of the end of the world

Submitted to Contest #39

I can’t help that I’m the stupidest person on Earth. Well, that’s pretty easy considering that I’m the last person actually alive here, or at least the last person who isn’t a zombie. It all started when the sun rose on the wrong side of the Earth, but you already know that. When did I leave the story off? Oh yeah, I was hiding in the chicken den. Man, I wish things were that simple now. So many things have happened since then. I don’t even know how many years have passed, let’s just say a lot. A few days after the chicken coop/huge zombie h...

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The start of the end of the world

Submitted to Contest #39

It was a normal day, as long as you ignore the fact that it wasn’t. Let me just be perfectly clear, that this was not my fault. Yep, that’s me. No, not the vague figure that you're imagining now from the zero amount of information I’ve given you, and no, I’m not the heroic yet relatable main-character you’d expect either. I’m the one that’s currently, and quite poetically, hiding in the corner of a chicken den. Yeah, that’s the one. Okay, maybe the predicament I’m in is my fault. But nothing else! Let me clarify. It all started a few days ag...

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The man who wanted to go to space

Submitted to Contest #39

Alexander closed his eyes and took a deep breath, his stomach doing somersaults, nervous and excited at the same time. He heard the loudspeaker across the courtyard switch on.  A booming voice came from it. “Launch in thirty seconds.”  Alexander checked if his seat belt was securely fastened for the third time since he got in the spaceship. He gripped the armrests at his sides, trying to calm himself down. The astronaut took deep breaths, he had been waiting for so long to go to space. Ever since he was a kid, his dream was to be a...

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Stars are better with friends

Submitted to Contest #39

 She looked up at the stars, tracing the constellations with her eyes. She listened to the crickets chirping and closed her eyes. She sighed, finally some peace and quiet. Lina hadn’t been sleeping well for the past few nights. Her mom had just given birth to her baby brother. And while he was cute, he was loud. Very loud. So loud that he woke everyone in the house up at night.After many restless nights, Lina had decided she’d lay in her backyard, since it was warm enough for it. She’d hoped that she would get tired enough and when...

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Sometimes risks are worth taking

Submitted to Contest #38

“Mom! Mom!” Josh called as he ran down the stairs, jumping down the last few steps. He ran into the living room, his socks slipping on the hardwood floor as he did. He shoved his phone in his mom’s face. “I did it.”  “Calm down. You did what?” His mom said, grabbing his phone and looking at what was on the screen. “What-” She started. “It has a million views.” Josh said “I did it.” He repeated.  Him and his mom had made a deal that if he posted a video on YouTube, a random one, and it got one million views, she would buy him a pet....

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The queen who wanted her kingdom back

Submitted to Contest #38

Jordan was peacefully reading a book on her kindle when she heard a sound come from upstairs. She looked around, her mom was sitting on the couch on the other side of the room, watching something on her phone. Her dad and sister were at the store, picking up the food that they ordered.“Did you hear that?” She asked her mom. “Hear what?” Her mom said. “Nothing,” Jordan said, maybe she was just imagining it. She resumed reading, ignoring the weird feeling she had.There it was again, that noise. It sounded like something fell ove...

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The neighbor with the handheld lawn mower

Submitted to Contest #38

Abigail woke up to the sound of a machine whirring loudly. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, the sound getting louder and louder. The young adult looked at the clock on her nightstand, it was 8:00 am. Abigail groaned, covering her head with a pillow to try to block out the noise and fall back asleep. Who needs to mow their lawn so early? She thought, annoyed at being woken up.   Giving up, Abigail slowly got out of bed and got dressed. Well, as dressed as one gets when they’re in quarantine, which is basically just changing out...

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How can a cat be cute and annoying at the same time?

Submitted to Contest #38

  He sat down at his desk, setting his coffee down next to his computer.  John looked at his watch, five minutes until the meeting. He turned on his computer and waited. John heard a noise from behind him and turned around. His tabby cat was rubbing on the lamp in the corner of the room.  The orange cat realized that he was looking at her and sauntered over to him and jumped on his lap.  “Skye, I have a meeting in a bit.” John said as he scratched his cat’s head. She started purring.  John sighed. “Fine. Don’t distr...

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