Kateri Buerkle

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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“Sojourners” by Kateri Buerkle

Submitted to Contest #89

Hmm… Down would be a risky decision. After all, I’d probably have to go back up. Going upwards could be fun but it would also be tedious because I would have just come down. I was tired. Up wasn’t an option unless I could fly. I tilted my head and stared blankly at the bluish gray sky. Then I peered around at the massive mountains that encircled me. All of them were so different but they all shared one awful yet delightful failing. Trees. The trees clothed each mountain in austerity. Their identical choice of adornment prevented me fro...

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“Free to Lie in Chains” by Kateri Buerkle

Submitted to Contest #88

“Where should I start?” he asked, laughing bitterly. “Benedict, why not start with the truth for once?” pleaded Rose. There was a long, agonized silence as Benedict stared sullenly outside at the pouring rain and flashes of lightning followed by fierce rumbles of thunder. Rose shuddered and huddled against him as the cold, biting wind drove icy sheets of rain into the rocky shelter they had fled to when the sudden squall had sprung upon them. “If only…” Benedict murmured. Then looking down at her shivering, vulnerable f...

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