Harri Pickett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Escape” by Harri Pickett

Submitted to Contest #99

The cold was beginning to penetrate through my jacket. I had been sitting by the shore for a while now, but I didn’t want to leave. My eyes were glued to the sinking sun on the horizon. The sky was ablaze with warm colours, perhaps it was the sun’s way of saying goodnight before the world fell into a deep slumber. My chest felt heavy as if my heart were sinking like the sun. I took a breath, as my eyes began to well up. The horizon and the sun blurred together as tears began to roll down my cheeks. Emotions that had built up over sev...

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“Amelia Earhart” by Harri Pickett

Submitted to Contest #83

ba-boom. ba-boom. ba-boom. I am engulfed by silence. All that I can hear is my heart pounding in my chest, accompanied by an intense ringing, echoing in my ears. The underwater current pushes and pulls me in all directions as I struggle to unclip my safety belt. Finally, it breaks open. I swim towards the pilot escape hatch above me, reaching for the handle. Noonan. I push away from the escape hatch and breaststroke towards the back of the plane, where Fred Noonan was working as a navigator. Extra fuel tanks had fallen, blocking my pat...

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