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Hayley Eden

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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At The Roadside

Hayley Eden

Submitted to Contest #44

The car by the side of the road was a great hulking machine of pastel pink and chrome. Its rear lights sat nestled within two sharp fins, as though it would be blasting off into space at the moment of engine ignition. The car sat parallel to Teddy, shimmering in the summer heat. The white rims of its tires stared at him questioningly; the rear fender skirt gave the impression of an eyebrow lowered in query. It was nothing compared to the pinpoint gaze of the woman stood beside the car, who was appraising Teddy as though he was resurrected ro...

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Death's Dancer

Hayley Eden

Submitted to Contest #42

Abel is peculiar. Though perhaps that is mundane to say, as most human beings are peculiar, but Abel is especially so. One too many times he has stumbled close to mortal peril, tempting fate quite scandalously, to which fate herself has replied on ten occasions. On those ten occasions Abel has, of course, dropped dead. Fate, when she does bother, sure loves a challenge. Alas, with someone always at hand to assist him, Abel never stays dead. He performs a U-turn at the black gates and, one could say (after some rest, of course), he practicall...

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The Beast on Fire Mountain

Hayley Eden

Submitted to Contest #41

The mountain of Yanartaş breathed fire. It gasped and hissed, exuding bright flames between its blackened rocks - its cragged teeth - as though Hades howled from within. There, prowling its peaks and troughs and its gaping mouth-like caves, lived the Chimaera; a beast of immortal conception. Few had dared to venture up the mountain, lest one was confronted by the flames incarnate, but today it had to be done. The entire town had agreed from the moment the Seer had declared Kadir to be a demi-God. No fate or prophecy was ever worthy without t...

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