Kelsea Paine

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

49 karma pts

?

“Scars” by Kelsea Paine

Submitted to Contest #78

"Come on Ev." Kat slipped off her flip flops and wiggled her toes into the cold sand. Everything was different at night. The water in front of her was black instead of its usual blue, the sand shadowy grey. The moon was a waning crescent that only barely illuminated the scene. Of course Kat knew that Evelyn's enhanced sight meant they saw the night world as bright as the day, and the day world as unbearably bright. She turned back to her friend. Evelyn stood in the shadow of the bushes at the edge of the beach, their eyes glowing despite t...

0 comments 0
Read story

“The Raven and the Vampire” by Kelsea Paine

Submitted to Contest #78

Edgar's feathers shone in the moonlight, his curious black eyes looking sideways at the enby vampire that had been his companion for half a decade. He had become accustomed to the moonlight, though his species was not naturally nocturnal, because this was when Evelyn was awake. They—Evelyn was neither a he nor a she—kept a refrigerator stocked with bits of chicken and liver and fruit, and it was all for Edgar because Evelyn didn't eat food of that kind. "Never more" Edgar croaked the first phrase Evelyn had ever taught him. The hint of a...

2 comments 2
Read story

“Exquisite Release” by Kelsea Paine

Submitted to Contest #76

"Don't scream, Katarina." "Of course I won't scream, Evelyn. At least not at the sight of your fangs. I've always known what you are." "You knew I was a vampire." "Yes." "And yet your never said anything." "I knew before I saw you on that metro platform in Paris. You thought you were stalking me. I was stalking you." "I should have known. The chase felt different with you. But then, I've always been the predator." "It took years to track you down, a real living vampire." "Living?" "Undead. The better part of a decade I spent searching. I alm...

2 comments 2
Read story

Author bio

Kelsea Paine is a bisexual woman who writes stories about a non binary vampire.