Kaili Colford

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2022

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“Darcy Vari, I’m putting a deadly hex on you” by Kaili Colford

Submitted to Contest #176

The Victorian-style shop lurks behind the thick fog which oozes endlessly along Main Street. The morning sun remains cloaked by the murky horizon. I squint at the carved shop sign: Mallory’s Magical Incantations. It’s my first week as its sales associate. Clumps of snow slip off my coat sleeves as I unlock the bulky wooden door.  No more job shadowing. Here we go, the first time I get to open up the shop alone.  Well, technically I have done this thousands of times before. But that was another lifetime ago. Goal for week on...

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“Behind Closed Doors” by Kaili Colford

Submitted to Contest #172

Trigger warning: swearing, death, climateI was never meant to be with Rémy. The timing was always off. But, if I am honest with myself, we were always too chicken shit to reveal our true feelings for one another anyway. Just a sliver of courage is what our pathetic selves needed. We could have avoided a great deal of heartache – but most importantly, prevented Freyja’s untimely death.It’s a regular night in 2066, nothing to see here folks. Just a couple of kids in their mid-twenties back in my childhood bedroom. Rather than face off in VR ba...

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Author bio

I’m a Canadian Estonian mom of three little ones. Writing invigorates me. I lie awake at night imagining fictional characters, their worlds and their infinite journeys. I am a director of PR and Communications at a large international charity focused on children's rights and equality for girls. I’m squeezing in tiny moments to flex my creative writing muscle – it gives me all the feels.