L.L. Williams

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“A Page Turner” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #176

Abagail sat in her car outside the nondescript structure, looking back and forth between it and the card in her hand. The invitation was as unremarkable as the building. A matte black postcard with just coordinates, a time, and a date on the back in small white letters. The postcard didn’t even have Abagail’s address or postage on it, so she was not sure how it got to her. Earlier today, she came home from a particularly difficult day of work and school. She had gotten a D on a biology quiz that she had studied hard for. At work, she spill...

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“10 Days of Innocence” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #176

Carla Jackson died of stomach cancer on March 9, 2022. She left behind one daughter, Kiara Jackson. Her homegoing was scheduled for March 15, exactly 10 days before her daughter’s 10th birthday. Carla was a wonderful mother to young Kiara. Despite the family’s limited capital, Carla tried to indulge every whim Kiara’s little heart could imagine. Carla wanted Kiara to believe in herself. The guiding principle of Carla’s parenting philosophy was making sure that Kiara believed that she could do anything. Carla excelled at building Ki...

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“Moving on” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #168

Claire had been dreading this day for weeks. She knew what she had to do, but that didn’t mean she wanted to do it. But she had promised herself that today was the day. Today was the day she would tell her husband she was in love with another man. Claire was headed to their standing Tuesday lunchtime date. She drove through town, gripping the steering wheel tight, leaning forward, and taking slow deep breaths. She wasn’t paying attention to the radio, or else she would have heard that her favorite song had come on. “I can do this,” s...

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“Home Again” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #168

The trees passing by the train window were taller than he remembered. When Leroy took the train out of town headed to university more than ten years ago, the trees didn’t look as tall then. During their last stop at a neighboring town, he noticed that the paint on the “Welcome” sign looked a bit more worn. Years of being in extreme cold and the baking sun would do that to an old wooden sign, he thought. He sat on the train, his hands sweaty, knee bouncing, and his left-hand scratching at the stubble he had let grow on his face. The creases i...

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“In My Mind” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #167

Logic looked around Lynn’s Brain and took a sharp intake of air. She put her hand to her chest, feeling her racing heart. Now was not a good time to lose her shit. But if she did, nobody could blame her. As far as her eye could see, it was carnage. Negative thoughts that her team had defeated lay lifeless on the ground. Mounds of them. But still, even more, floated overhead, taunting her and her army. Hundreds, maybe thousands. Her team of five had been fighting valiantly for days, and Logic saw no end in sight. Logic’s armor ha...

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“Prince Charming” by L.L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #167

Lisa looked beautiful on her wedding day. The custom-made, form-fitting, mermaid-style dress she wore accented her naturally curvaceous body. The white lace fabric complimented her sun-kissed copper skin. Her train billowed in the warm, light breeze that swept through the open-air castle on the early June evening. As she walked down the aisle, the candles adorning the floor cast shadows that engaged in their own interpretative dance. White flowers covered adorned the venue; the only decorations the...

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