Izzie Chan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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3 Stories

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“Dear Michael” by Izzie Chan

Submitted to Contest #78

The ink bottle clinked against her wooden desk as she took it out of the drawer. Quick scratches as she touched pen to paper, writing heartfelt letters to the same person, all while knowing they would never respond. She wrote to her son, whom she lost so many years back, she eventually gave up counting. Beginning with the usual "Dear Michael," she proceeded to write with frail hands, tapping her foot rhythmically against the hardwood floors. She informed him about her day, asked how he was doing, and put her heart into each word, ignori...

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“Until I Wake” by Izzie Chan

Submitted to Contest #74

10...”Are you ready?” She smiles.I take a deep breath, feeling my chest slowly rise as I inhale and fall as I exhale. I return the smile. “Yes.”9...My grin turns into a frown when I look away. A seemingly unending row of vacant glowing capsules follows mine. I suppose that I’m their “test subject”. I won’t be able to have that feeling again until ten years go by... am I making the right choice? I hesitate for a moment, but shake my head and step up on the platform.8...No, of course I am. I don’t have anything left for me, after all...

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“Aunt Delia” by Izzie Chan

Submitted to Contest #72

“Julia dear, come quick! Your breakfast is getting cold.” Anne stood straight as though there was a ruler in her back, her dark, opal blue eyes glimmering. She set down a stacked plate of four golden pancakes paired with fruits and syrup as her sister cascaded down the stairs. She, too, was standing tall and straight and had blue eyes, though hers were somewhat lighter in color. They both inherited that feature from their parents, who had died in a motorcar crash. Now it was just them, their older brother George, and their Aunt Delia. “...

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Hi, I'm Izzie! This is my old account. Here's the link to my new one: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/isabella-chan/ Make sure to upvote: - Writer Maniac: (https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/writer-maniac/) - Raquel Rodriguez: (https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/raquel-rodriguez/) They've gotten downvoted a lot in such a short period of time. Please help bring their points back up! Some of my favorite Reedsy authors: - Yolanda Wu: I really admire her writing style. Her story, "Red Tea Dream" is incredible. - Zilla Babbitt: Her stories are so powerful. She deserves her spot on the leaderboard. - A.Dot Ram: She's an amazing and talented writer, one of the first people I followed when I started. - Writer Maniac: She's a wonderful writer. I love all the stories she's posted in my time on Reedsy. - Emmie Greensgate: She left, but still, go read her stories. She's so talented, and they're always amazing. - Maya W.: A really, really talented writer. Her story, "Roux and Rue" is one of my favorites. I love the way she wrote it in the format of a cookbook. - Alex Allison: She only posted once, but it was enough for me to follow her! Go read her story, "For Ever, Sugar". - Raquel Rodriguez: One of my irl friends! She's so talented, and really good at writing descriptive scenes and characters. (follow and upvote her so she can take back her spot on the leaderboard 👀) - Arham Ishraq: Another one of my irl friends! An amazing writer. He writes incredible suspense scenes. (follow and upvote him too 👀) - Ash M: Also one of my irl friends! She describes characters' feelings and thoughts in a way I could never. (you know what to do 👀) You can find all of them on my following list :)