Jay Simz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Silkworm Bride” by Jay Simz

Submitted to Contest #95

On the day of Tuma's 8th birthday, his father opens his small hands and in them places a little silkworm with a hearty smile as he says "This will be your bride." "This will be my bride?""Yes Tuma, so treat her well for she will be your bride." He looked down as his heart dropped and splashed into his gut. This niggling, wriggling thing so small was meant to be his lover? This thing that crept within his palm deep green like unripe mangos? This furry thing in many years would be his children's mother? He felt his tum...

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“Nigredo ” by Jay Simz

Submitted to Contest #94

TW: gore, death I clung to Liana's garments, trying to draw her towards me. But she always managed to get free. She always managed to leave me. And that day was no exception. She tore through the hallways as a gust of wind tiptoed along her trail, her hands heavy with her precious little thing wrapped tenderly for the grave. "Don't do this, please." That's all I could say before she flung the iron doors open with the sparks of magic lingering in her eyes, ready to do her sinful bidding. "It has to be done." &n...

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“The Mouths” by Jay Simz

Submitted to Contest #93

"Icarus, Jocasta, Isla, Leto, Taran and Odessa." I keep the names held tightly between my teeth as I descend into the mouth of the cave repeating them over and over. I will not succumb to the will of the Mouth. I will not be consumed. I will not be swallowed like all the others. I will find Odessa. The ground grumbles as I recite the names as though mocking my conviction. "Just wait and see," I say as I slide down the slope of its tongue, down its rocky throat, and sink towards the belly of the beast, the light of d...

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Author bio

I'm a writer/artist that loves poetry, fantasy and anything that doesn't feel too ordinary.