K R Stanfield

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

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“Where my Chase Ended” by K R Stanfield

Submitted to Contest #127

How many ways could a person be maimed by a peach? A man walked by eating one not long ago. He made a face. He was uncomfortable. So, I'm trying to work it out. I’m leaning against a concrete wall at the edge of a green-space. There’s a bench beside me connected to a footpath, but I don’t want to sit on it. My butt’ll get wet. On the other side of the wall, across a mat of dirt and drubbed weeds, cars roll by with perturbed patience. A lazy cop has his radar gun out a little down the way. He's hunched over his unmarked vehicle door, trawli...

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“Across the Clawed Barrens” by K R Stanfield

Submitted to Contest #117

The beasts beyond the veil whickered, moaned and trailed their quarry across the floodplain, eager for the shield to break. Five-year-old Juto clung to Mariah’s hipbone near the edge of the dome, anxious. His eyes flitted from one aberration to the next. They were caked in green twilight. “Mama, what if they –“ “They cannot. Never. They can only try, and fail.” She'd seen her fair share of shield breaks. She knew death. This was a necessary lie. “Not true,” replied an eavesdropping traveler, fast-stepping the moist loam. His name was L...

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