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Jessica C. Wheeler

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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Alone

Submitted to Contest #279

Year OneHannah sat on the cracked steps of a cottage, her hands trembling around a can of peaches. The cold wind whipped through the small town she had discovered three days ago. She stared at the sky—an unforgiving shroud of gray that never seemed to lift.It had been months since Hannah had heard another voice or seen another human, months since she had awoken to a vacant world— months, since the day she realized she was absolutely and utterly alone.The last thing she remembered was driving home from the restaurant she worked, speeding to e...

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Tuesdays Are For Closure

Submitted to Contest #278

The letter arrived on a Tuesday. How fitting. Tuesday, the “middle child” day of the week. It’s not Monday’s fresh start or Wednesday’s hopeful halfway mark—it’s just… Tuesday. The handwriting on the envelope was unmistakable—slanted, jagged scribbles that appeared as though they’d been written while fighting off a swarm of bees. I had not seen this handwriting in years, but there it was, haunting my mailbox like a ghost unfamiliar with whiteout. I debated opening it for all of three seconds before curiosity won. The fringe-filled letter was...

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