Kourtney Kay

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Wild Nights” by Kourtney Kay

Submitted to Contest #250

The thing I love about Texas is that you can’t strip the wild from the taste of the air.  I stand on the front steps of my home, the colonial columns meticulously polished and gleaming in the bright light of the moon. The darkened porch, shaded from the prying white eye of the moon yawns into the sticky night. My satin black dress begins at my low back and drapes down the two porch stairs like a tongue slithering from the maw of a beast. The thick air quickly forms droplets on my back and pricks under the nest of braids nestled at the b...

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“Snakes and Saltwater” by Kourtney Kay

Submitted to Contest #44

He screams to her over the whipping wind, “You should never have told me you can’t swim.” For a moment, she thinks she hears a twinge of regret in his voice but she can’t be sure. This boy she trusted, cared for… doesn't matter. It’s too late now anyway. His strong fingers bury deeper into her hair like snakes burrowing in sand to escape the rain.  The rain. The wind would be bearable without the rain. It’s cold and tinged with salt, cutting into her face and mixing with tears to blur her vision. He pushes her further along the rocks. O...

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