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Kristina Aziz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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A song to speak where words fail

Submitted to Contest #239

“HELP! I need somebody!” My body reacted before my brain did to the invasive introduction of the Beatles’ song to my otherwise peaceful night. My knees hit the floor with twin thumps after my body launched itself out of bed, my mouth already shushing the air in an attempt to restore quiet. “HELP! Not just anybody!” I stumbled through my bedroom door into the living area, my sleep-blurred vision catching on the neon glow of my late grandfather’s jukebox. I don’t know what it wanted. I grabbed one of my boots from beside the couch and...

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Kita in Color

Submitted to Contest #239

The sun was low in the sky, giving off a faint yellow light when they saw the Village. Kita and her ward had only taken a few steps past the gates, but already there was an ominous weight hanging in the air. The streets were nowhere near empty, but there was a curious stillness that went beyond the lack of population, like a blanket had been draped over the town and been tucked in so tight that it muffled all sound. "I need a bed. A real bed, one fit for an evil overlord." Glenda complained, stabbing the silence around them sharply with his ...

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Of Moon Rabbits and Secrets

Submitted to Contest #238

"Never do your thieving when the rabbit can see you, munchkin." Tara looked up from her barely-won handful of berries, meant to be fated for tomorrow's pie, and saw the full moon shining behind her mother. It may as well have been a flashlight. "I was only trying to hide from you, mama, not the rabbit." Her mother shook her head and picked up the bowl from the counter, gesturing at Tara to return her ill-gotten snack. "If you hide from one, you hide from all Tarinka. Even the moon won't keep your secrets." Tara pouted and gave one last yearn...

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'Til Death we're apart

Submitted to Contest #237

Content warning: implied alcohol, death (abstract) From: SJG2354@IntimateLibrary.com To: ATD6534@InfiniteLibrary.com Subject: Vent Sesh - Read with wine Emily!!!!! I am AT MY LIMIT with him! I swear, he is running this whole company into the ground. Nobody is paid enough, everyone works too many hours, AND he just laid off like forty people. Were they bad people? Hell if I know! We had just hired them last month!!! Seriously, their benefits hadn’t even kicked in yet. I wish he was dead. At least then his spot would be open and maybe we...

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Nine times I ran and the one time I got away

Submitted to Contest #235

The first time I ran from you, I thought I was in love. We had just met maybe half an hour before, and I was late for a meeting with my English professor. I was young, eight years younger than you, and barely an adult. I broke away from our first kiss and ran so I would make the appointment. When the meeting was over, I called you to tell you where you could catch me. It felt so much like love at first sight.The second time I ran from you, I was frightened. Not of you, not yet. We were on an adventure and the railroad crossing sign was on. I...

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