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Hel Knightly

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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Fruitcake Bonanza Extravagansa

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #71

As winter was quickly approaching, everyone could be seen taking preparations. From the cutting of the firewood, to stocking up on can-goods, and refilling their everyday supplies. Though it was undoubtedly the most merry of seasons, it didn't come without an overflow of both pros and cons. The extreme pressure and stress weighed heavy upon many, but none more so than those participating in this years annual holiday festival activities. With the patriarchs stepping down to hand over their businesses to their ever so eager childre...

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Exhaunerated

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #70

He just sat there quietly. The knife still clenched in his closed fist. The man was drenched in blood, and covered in self-inflicted wounds. In front of him lay his estranged wife sprawled out on the kitchen floor. The deranged man, stricken with grief, gently rubbed his hand across the top of her head and kissed her gently. An ominous blood trail leading away from her led to another woman cowering in the corner of the dinning room. She'd been injured greatly, but nothing fatal. The man stood up rather quickly causing the woman to shrie...

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Graveyard Shift

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #65

Howard dug his shovel into the cold hard ground looking listlessly off into the distance. He slowly began to sift the loose dirt back into the pre dug hole. All he could think of is how he was going to go from groundskeeper to babysitter. Halloween always seemed to bring out the hooligans and more specifically bring them to his graveyard. It wouldn't be too bad if they would just stop defacing and disrespecting the property. As if that wasn't bad enough the ruffians would take things a step further by harassing poor Howard. One year they eve...

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Lights Out

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #58

"A submarine disappeared approximately nine years ago only to be found 10,000 feet bellow in a watery grave. Ninety-nine brave young men, sailors, perished in the foreshadowed incident, but to this day no one can say what definitively happened. Just that it sank. Some speculate that it was due to a malfunction with the torpedoes. Others speculate that there was treasure buried or taken from the island by pirates. Others aren't sure but know that there is more to it or there wouldn't be attempts to keep it concealed. All that is known about t...

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The Will

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #57

Trigger warning: domestic abuse "If you are reading this then I am no longer apart of the waking world. Though news of my passing might not come as a surprise, and more so conjure up thoughts of a farewell party...I humbly regret to inform you that that will be short lived. Whilst my brother has made many fortunes by means of embezzlement, I , on the contrary have not. With that being said, I have entrusted what little I did possess to my niece. Or should I say my daughter. This may come as a bit of a sho...

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Two of a Kind

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #56

During a shopping trip for last minute supplies a young woman began to double over with sharp pains. Dismissing these as false contractions she continued to push the empty cart through the isles. Again she was crippled with the worst pain that she's ever felt in her life. Her swollen feet began to slip from beneath her. She grasped for the shopping cart handle instinctively expecting the worst, but before she could fall a young man swooped her into his arms. For a brief moment she got lost in his brown eyes. His dark brown hair shimmered in ...

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A Myriad of Paradoxes

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #55

The monitor made a loud marring sound as a heartbeat ceased to beat and a life ceased to exist as a mother sobbed uncontrollably over her child's lifeless body. The father seemed unphased as he continued to stare blankly down at his phone. Somber nurses clambered around the main desk trying to recollect themselves. Moments later the father was seen hastily exiting the room and making his way towards the front entrance. A nurse proceeded to pull the sheet up over the young man's face respectfully. Across the hall another somber family was cli...

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The Leak

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #54

Returning to her hometown after a decade of absence was peculiar. She'd been estranged from her parents for quite some time. Only recently had her mother fallen ill and requested to make amends. With no intentions vaguely familiar but some how more solemn. Many of the buildings were dilapidated and had paint flaking from every corner. The streets were riddled with potholes and cracks as far as the eye could see. The towns people didn't seem to fare any better. There were multiple disheveled families who hadn't eaten. Others were overwr...

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8:53

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #54

A slovenly, disheveled man was being assisted into the hospital waiting room by two uniformed police men. He had been a habitual occupant and was intoxicated as usual. The nurse was in no hurry as she clambered around the hospital floor. Stopping only briefly for a scant cup of coffee. Hours after waiting the man greeted the nurse jocosely. This had peeved her immensely. There was so much to do and people who actually needed help. She considered this man to be an inconvenience. His actions were his own undoing a...

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Canicular Haze

Hel Knightly

Submitted to Contest #53

The summer heat burned everything it touched. Clutching onto an ice pop a wide eyed child stood in the summer sun. As the ice pop began melt you could see the disappointment in her cobalt blue eyes. She wiped away the tears with the palms of her hands. She began to get antsy as the sweltering heat continually beat down on her. Tucking her blonde locks behind her ears she begins to wipe away the sweat. With no place of her own she began listlessly searching for some place to cool down. Eventually, she hunkers down in a public park restroom. F...

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