Kimberly Larsen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“White Petals of Time” by Kimberly Larsen

Submitted to Contest #86

A rush of white. Doctors’ voices are drowned out by my racing thoughts. Max is in a stretcher being raced to the emergency room. Doctors are holding me back from running to him. My throat burns. Max is receding from my vision.The doctors manage to get me back into the waiting room. They are speaking to me but I don’t know what they are saying. They sit me down in a chair. I am silent. One moment I see a spinning white walled room and the next I can’t see anything as my vision bl...

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“The Royal Exchange” by Kimberly Larsen

Submitted to Contest #85

NOTE: Trying something new: historical fiction! I don’t know if it is really my style but it was interesting to play with. Also, while I was in the process of writing this, I realized how this story may come off as condescending to a specific country (who I am afraid of if I name now will spoil a bit later). I have nothing against them; anything negative about them are purely interesting historical conspiracies I had fou...

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“Hidden Existence” by Kimberly Larsen

Submitted to Contest #84

With one last stroke of red with my brush, I complete my piece. I gaze all over the painting in admiration and jealousy of what I could have, but never will: experiencing the world. Or at the very least learning in a real classroom. For the past almost 18 years of the pandemic, known as COVID-19, my Mom and I have lived inside this bunker in the woods to stay safe. Mom always said how it was best this way, every...

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“Truthscapes” by Kimberly Larsen

Submitted to Contest #83

The slight downward pull of the plane's descent is the only thing to break me out of my reverie, along a very giddy Brooklyn next to me. “Aria!” she waves her hand in front of my face. “Spacing out again? What exactly about the trip has gotten you in such a head space?”I turn my head to see her face holding genuine interest. “What do you think? We are going to Italy, no one is going to know me there so I can completely be myself and not hav...

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Author bio

Hey everyone!! I have a few ideas for future books that I want to write so I wanted to improve my writing skills -- so feel free to comment feedback if you have any! I may be in and out because I am always pretty busy but I will always try my best to make time for writing :) Thanks to anyone who decides to read what I put out there. Enjoy ✌️