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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019
Submitted to Contest #104
Write about someone who wants to stay home alone, only for their plans to be disrupted. “‘Lightning crashed down onto the grey cast city of Norfolk. Thunder shrieked at the sight of the clouds that hung low with anger. They seemed to be filled with hatred as rocks fell from the heavens and water washed over the civilians who scrambled to cover themselves from the Gods’ wrath. Through the winding streets and across the ocean to High Park, yelling and the shattering of glass was heard in a large mansion that overlooked the Layfayette River.&nb...
Submitted to Contest #96
They say that when the Gods fight the world feels the wrath. On this day, the rain fell torrentially which caused roads to flood and gutters to block. The wind howled and moaned as if it were in immense pain, causing bins to flip and humans to fall over on the wet pavement. However, if we look above the storms and into the heavens, behind the gates of Olympus, it was easier to see who was in fact the cause of the mighty storm. The bellowing voice of Zeus cracked thunder down below as he flung lightning bolts of fury to the humans out of ab...
Submitted to Contest #40
The night was pitch black in the small Wellington city. People were sound asleep in their beds whilst others lit up the streets to have a joyous time on that hot summer’s night. However, one building was not having as a happy and joyous time. Deep inside, in the interrogation’s cells, sat five people that rotated seats as if it were musical chairs to share their stories on what had happened earlier that year. A singular light hung its warm light above each person who either sweat, cried or stone faced through the interrogations. One pol...
Submitted to Contest #39
November 22nd, 2073Dear Diary,My name is Alex Humphry. I am 23 years old and I am from Brisbane. This is my first time writing in a diary and, let me tell you, it may be my last. Since the epidemic a few years ago, humankind has been declining one by one. Now there’s just me. I mean, I can’t complain, I guess. I get all the clothes in the world without paying for them. I get all the food in the world without waiting for it. They all disappeared. That stupid powerplant really thought they were doing something when they were testing that stupi...
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