Kyla Crist

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

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“Fly By” by Kyla Crist

Submitted to Contest #250

"Nothing interesting ever happens to me. Ever. Trust me."He thought on it for a moment, dull expression briefly lighting up. “Oh wait, my cousin Dane got stuck between a window and a screen the other day. Yeah.” A furry leg scratches the back of his head with returned boredom. “They’re looking into if it was attempted trapping or not. So…”Michael’s teacher stills for a moment, tries to act like he’s pondering a story out of that information, then extends his feathered wing forward and grabs the framed picture on his desk, situated next to a ...

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“The Bloody Envelope” by Kyla Crist

Submitted to Contest #249

The faux leather of the wheel becomes slick with her sweat. She grips tighter still, making her knuckles ache and blood crawl from the fresh stinging wounds.  From the other side of the road headlights leisure toward the speeding ‘65 Ford Mustang, but the woman keeps her eyes on the envelope slanted against the front windshield, crinkled with blood – not hers, at least, not much. Sweat drips from her tight upper lip, leaving a salty kiss on her tongue that catches it in a lover’s fashion.  She revels in this part. The high of the f...

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Reader who loves to write <3 she/her Napa, CA