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Janet Davies

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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The Earth Shook

Janet Davies

Submitted to Contest #42

The Earth shook violently again. Mat clung to a rock, waiting for it to stop. He was beginning to wonder why he was bothering, to hold on to something during these quakes or whatever they were, or even to bother looking for any other survivors. He’d walked miles and miles, for so many days, it could be months even, how did he know? Crushed buildings, chopped up forests, great cracks in the earth, no other people, no animals. Everywhere was dark. He had got some food and bottled water he had picked up at the start of all this. Had he wa...

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My Long Journey To Purr-fect.

Janet Davies

Submitted to Contest #41

When I was a kitten, I remember everything being purr fect. Then suddenly my life changed and everything became cat- astrophic. Meow.I remember being warm, well fed, my mother cat licking me clean and snuggling me up to her, along with my brothers and sisters. A human would come over and feed mother cat and look us over. We lived in a place Mother called a cat shed. She was allowed out at times.There I was cozy, safe, not a care in the world. Then this nasty human came over, looked down at all the kittens, then poked me with his finger.“That...

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New Friends.

Janet Davies

Submitted to Contest #40

New Friends Tommy’s family had just moved to a new home. He hadn’t made any friends yet, except with the old lady next door. Her dog had jumped over into their garden a few times and scared his sister, Poppy. Dad had gone around to ask the neighbour to stop the dog from going into their garden. He hadn’t complained when he got there and met elderly Mrs. Green, who hadn’t been too well lately. They had introduced each other; Dad had fetched her some shopping and it had come up in conversation that she hadn’t been able to walk her dog be...

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Now I Understand.

Janet Davies

Submitted to Contest #37

Mia had been brought up to think this island was the only place that existed. It was all she had ever known. She’d had vague childhood memories of living elsewhere, mentioned them to a Leader once, only to be told that she was a very bad citizen to even say such a thing. Now she was hiding in a cupboard, listening to The Leader telling his men that his supplies would be dropped off at Quern island. They were to fetch them the next day. They had to be certain, as usual, not to be followed back. So there was another island somewhere! M...

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