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Leda De Graaf

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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What happened to Tamara

Submitted to Contest #301

Every morning, I opened the shop at seven a.m. No later, no earlier. I had the prime location- smack bang in the middle of Main Street, impossible to miss. I also had the advantage of being the only florist in Skeleton Town. I'm sure I can guess your immediate thoughts. Ghost stories. Vampires withpale white skin, glowing red eyes and blood-stained teeth. White bones crunching under foot; I’d heard them all and ignored them all. I worked hard and I wasn't going to let myself go crazy.My shop consisted of two parts.The bottom part was filled ...

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Terrible lies

Submitted to Contest #299

“Daddy!”, I called as I backed away from the lifeless body.“Daddy!”, I called again panic rising in my chest as time trickled away. The woods seemed to close in around me. I tried to scream again, but no words could leave my mouth. I noticed the murder weapon lying a few inches away from the child's body. Me and my dad lived on a farm in Texas America. These woods lay just a few miles away from our farm. I squeezed my eyes shut tight and waited for my daddy to rescue me. I woke up inside my daddy’s arms, inside a cold bright room. A man in a...

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A perfect family

Submitted to Contest #287

This story contains themes of substance abuse violence and domestic abuse A perfect family. A mother, a father, a son and a daughter. Emerald, green eyes and rosy, red cheeks reflected from each of their faces to the camera lens. Perfect smiles lit up their faces as the bright flash of the camera cemented the joy in time. Later, they printed out the photo placed it in a shiny gold frame before hanging it up on the wall for all to see how perfect they were.Years went by and the perfection continued at least on the outside. But cracks started ...

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