Laura Lyra

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“Dad Said Run” by Laura Lyra

Submitted to Contest #132

She ran, her heart pounding loud in the chest, dry leaves and branches cracking under her shoes at each step. She ran until her lungs felt like they would burst, and her legs cramped and begged for her to stop. Then Anna forced herself to listen. "Are they still following me?" It didn't sound like it, but she stayed still for another minute, breathing as quietly as possible, slowing her heartbeat. Silence. Looking around, she saw a sky-scraping tree a couple of meters away. The first few lower branches were annoyingly high, but the highe...

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“The Locked Door” by Laura Lyra

Submitted to Contest #130

She didn't know that day would be the one. There was no food left in the fridge, and just some old oranges dusting out on the counter. Plus, she ran out of coffee the morning before and was going to buy more on her way to work. And now she couldn't leave anymore. Her reflection stared back at her in the dusted mirror while she wiped a section of it and opened her mouth. Looking deep at her throat, she could only see the darkness and the shade of her uvula. She felt something back there was mildly swollen, but besides that, her biggest prob...

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