Lex D

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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2 Stories

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“Ugly Rumors, Ugly Truths” by Lex D

Submitted to Contest #254

Oh Lord! She is such a bore, Halle thought as she lounged in the shade, fanning herself and pretending to listen to Lady Courteney. The woman has been droning on about something to do with her children. Halle has been entertaining the woman for the better part of an hour and a half with faux enthusiasm with phrases like, “Oh how fantastic!” or “Good for him!” or “How exciting!”What she would rather tell her is something like: “Oh! your son whose name I have no interest in remembering is going to a college I don’t care about! How exciting! Pl...

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“A Thirst Not Easily Quenched” by Lex D

Submitted to Contest #233

Joyce could barely feel the bullet buried in her calf. In fact, it's gone from the worst damn feeling she’s ever felt to an icy soreness. Almost as if she just had a fall, but instead of an ugly bruise on the back of her calf, there was lead taking up space in her flesh. She wrapped the thing with torn fabric from her chemise two days ago. Was it two days ago? She couldn’t quite remember. The desert sun was beating her mind away.But it was two days ago, wasn’t it? She thought. Yes. Two days ago Baxter shot a bullet into her leg, rode ou...

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