KS Kalev

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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“Behind the Curtain” by KS Kalev

Submitted to Contest #279

The disappearances were infrequent at first. There would be one, sometimes two every few weeks and then everything went quiet. Occasionally the breaks lasted longer, and you’d almost start to think life was getting back to normal, but then someone else vanished, and the temporary illusion of normality was once again shattered.A disappearance wasn’t a sudden event but rather a slow drawn-out process which took several days to complete. First the person’s overall frame started to fade, then their bones became brittle and lost the strength...

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“The Missing Girl” by KS Kalev

Submitted to Contest #278

After uttering his last words, he closed his eyes and never opened them again. His mouth was still open, as if he had run out of energy halfway through closing it. He inhaled the tiniest bit of air, savored it one last time, and after letting it escape, he was goneThere lay my father. Or rather, there now lay his body - a vessel of flesh that had housed his immortal soul for the past eighty-seven years. What had been a strong and solid home at first had grown fragile with the passing years, until in the end it was nothing but a decaying unin...

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“How long have I been here?” by KS Kalev

Submitted to Contest #275

“How long have I been here?”I must have only said it in my head, for when I opened my mouth it formed no words.I had to try again. I had to try harder.“Hhhehhh…,” just a whisper but the sound nearly suffocated me. No one would be able to hear that. And no one would be able to help if they didn’t hear me or find me.And I had to get help, or I would die here. Someone must be nearby; someone must hear me! I tried again, no sound nor words.Panic came over me. Nerves at the nape of my neck tingled, the echo reverberating all the way down my body ...

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Author bio

Based in London. Writing again after a decade long hiatus. Fiction only, long and short form. Keen observer of the human condition.