Kyo Brantley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“cloudy skies” by Kyo Brantley

Submitted to Contest #74

Her world is ending.  She stares down at the phone in her hand, the horribly familiar feeling of numbness flooding through her bones. The same feeling when her uncle got the call from the hospital. The feeling when her boyfriend told her that they needed to talk. The feeling that’s caused by the three simple words on her screen. He’s dead. Overdose. This numbness feels different somehow. Not slowly creeping up her spine, freezing her body until it’s choking her. Not sudden and ice-cold, hitting her like a surge of water. It’s more s...

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“WK927” by Kyo Brantley

Submitted to Contest #72

Exodus Agent WK927 was insignificant. The thousands of creatures that passed by him every day would forget him almost instantaneously, almost as if he’d never been there in the first place. Nothing else was really to be expected on Æ92, one of the busiest transport planets in the galaxy. Millions of life forms flooded through the massive checkpoint buildings on the way to their next transport - whisked away from the dull bureaucracy of galactical immigration agencies. WK927 was one person well accustomed to the dull bureaucracy of galactical...

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“Cousins or Berkeley” by Kyo Brantley

Submitted to Contest #68

“So what’s this big secret, Kor?” asked Hayley, smiling at her best friend, amused. “You can’t tell anyone, especially my parents.” Hayley nodded, impatient to hear what was so secretive. Kori took a deep breath, “I can’t come to Berkeley with you.” “What?” “I can’t come to Berkeley with you,” repeated Kori. Haley stared at her friend, mouth agape. “You-you what? You can’t come with me? Kori, this has been our dream since we were 12! We’ve been planning our entire lives around this!” Kori’s eye darted to her shoes and she rubbed her arms aga...

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Author bio

Just someone trying to get better at writing. Hope that you can give me some feedback and criticism on my stories, and hopefully meet some new people!