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Henry Riddle

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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Odd Girl Out

Henry Riddle

It was after our sports game in our school field that I learned I was grossly misinformed about the girl. It wasn't the thought on my mind at the moment, just the sweat peeling down my face into my eyes. I took my towel and wiped the drops away from my face and through my red hair. As the towel wiped the remains of perspiration, I looked dup to the sun that existed 10 minutes ago and now was faded. I breathed a large sigh; we won again.Shoveling my clothes and cleats into the duffel bag, I glanced over my should watching the other team packi...

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A Haunted Trick

Henry Riddle

"Tell me why you think we'll find the riddle here again."Seated next to me in the yellow cab, Murphy pulled out his booklet, paperclip with sticky notes and other scribbles and in front of it, the paper containing the cipher."Look, when we found this text in her room, it was just these symbols. Now I remember that certain ciphers were encoded using symbols, numbers even, but I couldn't remember which one was used until now. So I thought that we'd find it here."Looking at the symbols again, which I thought had looked like Chinese of some sort...

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Judgement is Corrosive, Not Insight.

Henry Riddle

Has anyone compared ambition to mysteries? The answer is a riddle in it of itself. Aspirations are not wishes, they are puzzles. Many men attempt to solve the 'why' and the 'how' of their dreams, only to become apprehensive by the many possible answers the enigma offers, unsure which one matches. They fail to see the trick. Some men choose to only gaze at the puzzle, hoping that examination of its deceptiveness, its intricacy. These men choose to instead judge and dismiss the puzzle as inefficacious, not worth the hours. And all the while, t...

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A Guaranteed Success?

Henry Riddle

My friend used to say nothing would ever separate us if we trusted each other. From the day that I learned she was special, I knew I would never do anything to break our connection. Friends are the family you can choose, I heard from my enthusiastic mother when I told her about my new friend. My mother, like her, was always open to new things. I was too, thinking that progress could go in a straight line.But that was the trouble. *12:00-3:00Our first meeting with each other was in High School, born strictly out of curiosity and sel...

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What is Courage?

Henry Riddle

I used to think Heroism was something to shoot for. To be recognized for outstanding achievement. To succeed where others fail. The way my parents would describe it, or when I looked it up on the internet one day, I thought it was difficult but also achievable. With experience and patience, I truly believed that I could attain that in my life. Unfortunately, the fates agreed to unmask the irony pulled over my eyes at the worst possible time. * "Everybody get down!" I said as another shell hit the roof next door. The dust filled the...

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Need For Speed

Henry Riddle

'GO' said the traffic light. I stepped sequentially in an assertive movement across the street around the store studded suburban lanes. There was something immersive about the empty streets where I walked. I liked to keep my head down with my hood up as I walked around this part. The guy with his own world; that was my image, like it or not, I was compelled to maintain it. Lamps were just turning on and most cars were on the more busy side of the city.I was walking next to the cobbled, waist-high wall engulfing the park that I liked to watch...

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Jaded

Henry Riddle

The wind doused the smoke, crackles of the buildings, and the screams of the..... pieces falling. Listening to the rumbling of destruction evoked a sound similar to that of submersion beneath the ocean.Ever wonder what it's like to lose the thing you love. A story of opposites. There's a certain peace in chaos, such as this; like it's usurping all your senses and using a new one to hold you. Assuming you have a grasp of the situation, every problem in the world will fade. But as you close your eyes, picturing yourself floating in this ocean,...

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I'm a Truth Seeker

Henry Riddle

"Are you sure none of your friends are acting like this?" he asked. I stared at the ceiling, then looked around the room. My eyes passed by the desk, populated by pens, papers, and lots of clips; by the windows creaked slightly open; and near the electrical cords plugged into the wall, running directly onto the table in my laptop in front of me."Yes, I just think that everyone is tired from this, especially her." I gestured, "Nothing to worry about."I got up, unplugged my laptop and left."Hey, we're not finished."*That was the third time I w...

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Music For Granted

Henry Riddle

Music for Granted "Bye", I say, or rather 'said' since it happened 5 minutes ago. I stood there at the bottom of the building....amid the rain. I had just waved goodbye to my dad who had left and would be back. Hated that...leaving. But I need not worry. Soon they would see what I have done and be pleased. The wind pushed against me, I swayed to right side of the balance forcing me to rearrange my feet accordingly. A strand of my hair flew into my eye, stinging. Brushing it aside I stepped backward and went on my way. It was strange. Th...

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