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Landon Pfile

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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Swine

Landon Pfile

Submitted to Contest #317

My hand traced the polished oak of the casket. I refused to look inside. I was too afraid. At that age, death was impossible—until a peer proved it wasn’t. I cringed, pulling back my hand.The priest rose to the pulpit. He rested a palm on each end, then side-eyed me, an indirect way of telling me to sit down.I walked to the pew in the front row, which was weird. I thought the reserved seats would’ve been for the Harpers—after all, it was their son who died—yet they sat behind us.I squinted at them, questioning with my eyes, expecting a respo...

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Just Pray

Landon Pfile

Submitted to Contest #314

1.It was the hottest day of the year... if you could call it that.The door hissed open, and Elton stepped out. He waited for the steam to clear, revealing the thermometer: –3 degrees.He wasn’t sweating, but it beat the alternative.Ten years underground. Ten grueling years.Locked away from temperatures cold enough to wipe out a third of the population.Elton was what they called Groundhogs—glorified meteorologists.The only ones allowed above the surface. Once a day, they checked—waited—observed the Earth’s skin.The underworld called them heroe...

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