Lacey Cohen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

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“Put the Killing Thing Right Between Your Lips” by Lacey Cohen

Submitted to Contest #49

I'd never experienced a world such as this. I'd been here dozens of times, but today felt different—otherworldly. This wasn't exactly a happy place, but it had never felt this gloomy before. It was emptier than usual, but the level of noise never changed. In fact, suffice it to say, the volume in this room was probably the single most consistent thing in my life right now."First time, eh?" the man to my left grumbled in the direction of a younger looking boy across the room. The man fiddled with a carton of cigarettes, attempting to shake on...

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“Full House” by Lacey Cohen

Submitted to Contest #20

My mom’s been re-married for a little over a year now. Steven was his name, but we called him Steve because we knew he didn’t like that. It’s not that we sided with my dad in the divorce or anything, it’s just that it felt like he gave us a little more time to adjust while our mom just went right ahead and married some guy not even six months after the separation was finalized. Not to mention the fact that Steve was pretty annoying towards us; he tried way too hard to cultivate a relationship right off the bat. So when my mom noticed that my...

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I'm a student at the University of Michigan, studying English and hoping to make writing fiction a big part of my life