Isabel Payne

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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“Never Meant To Be” by Isabel Payne

Submitted to Contest #264

Maddox slid his greasy dark hair back, as small droplets of sweat beaded down his forehead. He puffed out his rented black suit to relieve it of any built-up sweat. He knew that there was no way he was going to want to buy a tuxedo that he would shove in the deepest crevice of his closet that he would never wear again. It was an ordinary dress suit, with a simple black coat and dress pants, with a plain white button-up shirt, a slightly expensive pair of black dress shoes, and his own signature piece, a red apple colored tie. Bes...

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“That Broken Swing” by Isabel Payne

Submitted to Contest #246

*This story mentions and contains the death of a character. Tom’s dress shoes scraped against the gravel. He examined the playground that hadn’t changed at all within the week, and yet, it was completely different from what it was a week ago. The once open park that was filled with children was now completely barren of any presence and was roped off by traffic cones with bright yellow caution tape. Tom read the bolded black lettering against the bright yellow plastic tape. CAUTION: DO NOT ENTER A sign was also taped to one of th...

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