Joyce Laird

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Fairie Princess of the Mystic Lake” by Joyce Laird

Submitted to Contest #83

Joyce LairdFaerie Princess of the Mystic Lake1955 A blue green mist surrounds her as her feet sink slightly into the bubbling foam of the shimmering rainbow reflections of the mystic lake. She smiles at the faerie prince. He loves her. She can tell. But he can't touch her because she’s now dancing on the water, always just out of his reach. She’s the beautiful, magical faerie Princess of the Lake; perfect in every detail. He tries to come to her, but she starts fading away into the mist. She slowly sinks below the foam, until only her face i...

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“The Metamorphis of Ali Alvax (AKA: Alvax20045)” by Joyce Laird

Submitted to Contest #82

Joyce Laird The Metamorphis of Ali Alvax (AKA: Alvax20045) For all intents and purposes, Ali Alvax appeared to be a lovely, healthy and intelligent young woman. She was perfect in every way, only she wasn’t human. She was a female android. The year was 2405 AD and society had achieved a connection between all worlds, both earthbound, man-made satellite and other planets; worlds and lives that could only be imagined in science fiction of the twentieth century. &n...

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“The Kiss That Lasted 60 Years” by Joyce Laird

Submitted to Contest #80

The Kiss That Lasted 60 Years I was sixteen when an event that changed my whole focus life happened. I was just starting my first sophomore year in high school. My home was in North Hollywood, Southern California and I’d started my junior year in an old well-established high school, complete with ivy covering its gray brick walls. When a new hig...

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“The Magic Dragon” by Joyce Laird

Submitted to Contest #78

The Magic Dragon When my best friend Rosemary/Rosie Lawrence got Freddy, he was about six inches long and probably weighed in at only a few ounces. When he passed away ten years later, he was six feet long and weighed in at well over thirty pounds. He was the love of her life. His remains rest in a silver jar on her mantle to this day. If she was your friend, you got used to Freddy. I’d often visit f...

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“Five Acres” by Joyce Laird

Submitted to Contest #77

Five Acres The storm had been wild and vicious. Pine trees in the West Virginia mountains whipped back and forth, scattering snow piled on their laden branches into the wind while deciduous trees stood like naked saints holding up their bare arms to the sky; losing some to the wind, tossed into crackling piles soon covered by snow until only dark fingers remained, poking skyward from white graves. In his old family cabin, Gabe Hawkins woke to a faint; almost inaudible tinkling sound. Imagination? He imagined things a lot these days. He w...

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Author bio

I make my living as an industrial & B2B feature writer, But, my passion is fiction and creative non-fiction. My essays have been published in many Chicken Soup books and a my mystery fiction has been published in Woman's World magazine many times. My goal is to get some of my novels published. Writing is my life.