Iris Carrico

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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3 Stories

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“The Word Game” by Iris Carrico

Submitted to Contest #68

It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same. The outside walls were still light gray, topped with dark grey roofs on both floors and the dormer. The porch still had white railings and columns, and the front door was still dark brown. The only differences visible from outside were the white curtains that covered the view from the right upstairs window and the garden. That curtain used to be light blue, and the garden has clearly not been as loved as it was when Emma lived there as a kid. Emm...

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“The Well of Wishes” by Iris Carrico

Submitted to Contest #67

Captain Rogers has finally found what will lead him to the treasure he’s been trying to find since his whole crew of pirates came in contact with him. ‘Trying to find’ is an understatement, he has been obsessed with finding it. He had been contacted by a man claiming to own a map that would lead him to the Well of Wishes. And, after seeing the map, Captain Rogers was willing to believe that it was legit. The Captain had met the man at a tavern close to the shore and had paid him most of what he and his crew owned. He knew that would make th...

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“A Dance of Swords” by Iris Carrico

Submitted to Contest #66

The air is hot and humid, just like it is every day in the Palace kitchen. The heat from the big stone oven on one of the corners of the kitchen only increases the temperature of a room crowded with people moving and chopping. The almost rhythmic thumps of vegetables being cut in wooden boards can be heard, accompanied by the singing voices of the people cutting them. Nina would be almost happy there, with her mother and sister and their singing, if she wasn’t so damn hot. Nina swipes her forehead with her arm to prevent the sweat from fall...

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