Kenneth Diao

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Sanctuary Tree” by Kenneth Diao

Submitted to Contest #90

It was a hot day. The sun beat down, frying my scalp and burning my skin. Sweat stung my eyes. My tongue was dry as dust. I despaired. I can’t keep going, I thought. I felt the despair tangle with the irritation and resentment building in my gut. Why did it have to be so hot? Why today? Why now? I just wanted to curl up and die. No, that wouldn’t do. But what else was there to do? Keep wandering until I died? That’d be real fun. Go back? No. There was no going back. Keep wandering it is, I thought. I shuffled forward. One step. Then another....

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“Amazing Grace” by Kenneth Diao

Note: The song in this work is Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) covered by Pentatonix, which is most certainly not mine. Just wanted to give credit where it’s due The applause of the crowd. The shouts. The cheers. Then the babble, the din of intermission. There was no one else in front of me. No one’s back to stare into, knowing that they’d go before me. Nothing stood between me and the stage but that thin black curtain. I closed my eyes. I took a deep breath. “You’ll do great, sweetie”, I heard my mom say. “Go get ‘em”, my dad had said....

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“Puck” by Kenneth Diao

Submitted to Contest #87

There are a few deities that are quite well known.That is, if you believe in them. Some don’t. But many do.Jesus, Muhammad, Shiva, and Buddha, for example. They’re so famous that they’re mythical, divine. The ones who’ve caught a glimpse of them, or of their doings, are counted as the fortunate, though some suffered terribly for having seen them. Most people know of them through the texts, teachings, and hearsay.There are an uncountable number of unknown deities. Druids, nymphs, fairies, door gods, family gods, minor saints, house gods, and ...

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