L. Clark

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (2)

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“Scuttle” by L. Clark

Submitted to Contest #36

Dear Diary, It started this afternoon. I had just returned home from the store and was putting things away when I heard it; a soft, scuttling sound. I immediately thought of roaches and began to shudder spasmodically, dropping the pound of sugar I had bought. It burst and spread like a tiny universe being born upon my floor. My clean floor.I cannot stand roaches. I loathe them. I detest them. Of all God's creatures, roaches are the most vile, the most abhorrent. My college chum Franz, now a professor, loves t...

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“Red” by L. Clark

Submitted to Contest #35

I love the hunt. I love the touch of the cool air, slightly damp on my face as I walk. I love the way the night birds cry, and the geese honk their brazen, mournful honks, and scatter as I pass them on my nightly circuit round the lake in the middle of the park. I love watching the clouds overhead, blackness thicker and blacker than the night, itself, as they float like ships with fluffy sails across a silver sea. The moon is full tonight. She does not see me. That is good. I will watch her. She is young....

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