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Katie Gilchrist

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2025

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Leander

Katie Gilchrist

Slight mention of violence and death“Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.”- Jonah 1:1502.07.1839If anyone finds this document, whether that be when I am dead or alive, my name is Sean Campell. I am 21 years of age and I am, as of the second of July 1839, stranded onboard vessel Leander somewhere along the Atlantic Ocean.Our ship, carrying twelve crew members total, was destined for the United States of America. We were informed the day before the departure of The Leander that the journey was estimated t...

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Between Teeth and Tongue

Katie Gilchrist

I trust that this story has found its way to the reader who needs it most. I’m sure that you, at some point in your life, have heard the phrase “be careful what you wish for”. However, if you have been fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to never truly understand its meaning, I’m sure that you will by the end of Vera and Matthew’s tale.We begin in the South West of England, near Cornwall, at approximately half four in the afternoon. Vera’s husband, Matthew, had arrived back from work looking rather weary, as a primary school teacher usually do...

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Curtain Call

Katie Gilchrist

Note: This is my first attempt at writing a very short story using a prompt. Thank you all for reading - critiques are welcome.I remember my father telling me about those people who work their whole lives for a big break. Actors who willingly put on hundreds upon hundreds of masks, writers who conjure up countless imaginary worlds, artists who command paint to dance correctly across canvases. All with the hopes that the fruits of their labour won’t be for nothing in the end. These brave people shout, scream into the void, hoping to be heard ...

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