Katarina Schäfer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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“They do it with mirroring” by Katarina Schäfer

Submitted to Contest #279

“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” – Morpheus, The Matrix Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Lewis had stopped counting his heartbeats as he flung himself behind the (very convincing) rendering of pallets. An alley was such a cliché place for a fugitive to hide, but he wasn’t complaining. The automatons in pur...

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“The Mark of Kain” by Katarina Schäfer

Submitted to Contest #274

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” – 1 Peter 5:8-9, The Bible (KJV) There were carved pumpkins and ‘spooky’ paraphernalia draped and dangling all over the house, and Josh was once again reminded how much he had despised the ‘cutesification’ of Halloween throughout his teens. His mother had joined the mass delusion perpetuated by profi...

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“Ketos, or fish in a barrel” by Katarina Schäfer

Submitted to Contest #273

“Here there be monsters” – Anonymous MapmakersJimmy ducked behind the barrel to avoid detection, his mark being as ferrety as he was, and paused for a second to let the blighter’s blood settle some. It was an art form – a science – stalking a target. Not to be taken lightly, and not to be bungled, in Jim’s experience. In his world, predator could easily become prey; the streets contained no truly vulnerable victim. Not a-one. Even the little orphan-girlie with her big, woebegone eyes begging on the corner had a blade down her sock, the beate...

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Author bio

A wandering South African who lives far from home, K.I.S. reads prolifically and writes sporadically to connect and disconnect in equal measure. An author of epic fantasy, short stories, and flash fiction, you can find her debut novel, 'The Assays of Ata', on Amazon and IngramSpark.