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Leah Watts

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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And the Martians are going to pay for it!

Leah Watts

Submitted to Contest #51

The command deck was empty when I entered, rushing through and slamming my hand down on the door close button. It whooshed shut behind me, leaving the whole room in an eerie darkness only broken by the mass of buttons and blinking screens. The huge, seamless window into the stars gave me an immediate ‘fish out of water’ surge of loneliness as I examined them. So many stars, some bright and some dull, with swirls and mists of colour breaking up the darkness, leaving me bathed in the dim light of the open sky.The glow wasn’t like being on...

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