Jay El Mitchell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The White Crone” by Jay El Mitchell

Submitted to Contest #218

Blood. The taste is the only thing I have awareness of, my sole focus. Blood in my mouth, metallic and somewhat brackish. Awareness of my body comes back to me gradually, radiating outward from that point. The taste of blood in my mouth awakens awareness of my lips, my chin, throat and nose. I breathe in, expecting the coppery scent of blood, and instead am nearly overwhelmed by the fresh smell of clean linen. Blood and linens. That is the extent of my reality until I become aware of the existence of my eyes and open them. The white ...

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“Dragon Heart” by Jay El Mitchell

Submitted to Contest #217

The sky had been threatening with heavy dark clouds all morning, but it wasn’t until Dravis Stone lit up a cigarette that the storm finally broke. A fat drop landed directly on the lit cherry, which hissed into a soggy, inert mess. Sighing, he tossed it away.The mountain pass was narrow, craggy, and full of grass clumps dry from the sun. It had been a scorcher of a summer, and even up here, where it was relatively cooler, you could still see the affects.Despite the heat, he was wearing full leather armor over chain mail. Even though it had r...

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Author bio

I write things. Sometimes they're not terrible.