Kai R.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Diana” by Kai R.

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #84

Waking up used to be a treat, having a big bed used to be my favorite thing about my bedroom. The vaulted ceilings, and spacious rooms used to be pleasing to look at it, and made my home feel safe. Now, staring up at those vaulted ceilings only made me feel alone, and that loneliness made me feel suffocated. I felt dead, and maybe I was. Maybe this was some purgatory I was stuck in, maybe the disease had gotten me and I had died without even realizing it. It was more likely that the purgatory was in my head, where I was trapped while my body...

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“The Girl from the Reef” by Kai R.

Submitted to Contest #83

Just beyond a beautiful coral reef, laying against the drop-off below fish passing overhead was a woman. She was asleep, her black hair floating in the water like seaweed. A few fish swam too close, mistaking her hair for just that, and tangling themselves in the mass, before wiggling their way out and swimming quickly away. The girl’s eyes fluttered open, both pupils a deep pool of black - save for one speck of gold. Her skin was ghostly pale, as if she had died in the sea she slept in. Maybe she had, but it was so long ago that no one reme...

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“Chatterbox” by Kai R.

Submitted to Contest #82

Most of the time, people keep their AI BFFs top secret, covering themselves with fuzzy blankets as a robot spits out information its user wants to hear. It’s kept as such a deep secret because those people don’t realize that big companies are preying on their loneliness and lack of social connections. Because, really, humans are easy to please, which makes them good business. All they need are friends and society to keep them running, even the most antisocial of them. That’s where I come in, Jaime Ford, founder of Coral INC and lead creator ...

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Author bio

...✍🏻 Currently writing my novel: Smog In Eagle Town Sun: ♒ Moon: ♌ Rising: ♏ 18 (Feb 15th) She/They

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #84
Diana – read story