Kelly Jones

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“River-water represents my heart” by Kelly Jones

Submitted to Contest #256

Kai dressed herself in dark solid colours, styled in straight lines, with one or two points of decoration. Her tanned, plump, freckled face was cosmetic-free, just a light oil massaged in after showers. Two dark-brown combs held back wavy, shoulder-length, salt-and-pepper hair, through which a tiny false diamond glittered in a lobe.She held a black gel pen still for a few moments, then wrote:月亮不代表我的心[The moon does not represent my heart.]Older women often fall through society's cracks. They're too slow, quiet, dull, wrinkly and apathetic fro...

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“The Moment” by Kelly Jones

Submitted to Contest #255

The Moment The author's back is always turned, not squarely, but in a sleightful manner. The precious stray reader is hidden behind a dark navy window curtain, and, never showing their face, the author slides a plate of pureed ideas gently towards those feral black eyes, so watchful, distrustful, judging a whiff against long experience in the starving wilderness. Kierkegaard once said that he wrote incredibly difficult, very long, intellectually dry introductions in order to find his readers. This is not the author's purpose, not to sift out...

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