Lilli Colbath

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Recollections of a Murder ” by Lilli Colbath

The headache was growing. Lari needed to get out of there, quickly. She started running in a panic, walls where closing in and she was going to get smushed. Usually she would take the quicker way out but the crowds where horrendous and she was not ready for that. She glanced up at the second landing, a glorious white-marble slab 85ft up in the air, suspended by golden metal beams. She always did her shopping here, the shopping mall in the rich neighborhood, where middle aged women in fur coats shopped for decorations for their large ho...

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“Dizzying Colors ” by Lilli Colbath

Submitted to Contest #93

The carnival was like a bountiful feast of colors winding their way through a gray world. A burst of colors agains a bleak gray day. Thats what I thought about as I winded through the dirt pathways that connected each attraction to the other. I walked on these paths as listened to the sounds the Carnival brought; seagulls chirping their mournful cries, people talking in hushed voices, waves crashing against the dock in which the Carnival was held. I walked to the exit thinking about all these things and how different the Carnival felt to the...

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“Losing Control ” by Lilli Colbath

Submitted to Contest #77

"Girl" I gaze out the window as the landscape passes by. Snow is falling from the sky in little puffs. This is the first time Madam Adeline had ever let me out of the house where I grew up. I peer out the window and squint to see if I could see any of the monsters, Madam Adeline always tells me how the world outside was run by monsters. "Girl?!" Madam's calls, pulling me out of my day dream. Madam never calls me by a name. It's just "girl". If I even had a name then the monsters could use it against me. "Yes?" I reply, "Where are the ...

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“Voiceless Poet ” by Lilli Colbath

Submitted to Contest #73

"I don't want to hear it!" The director yelled at me. "But-" I started. " NO!" He said and walked away. It really wasn't my fault that Christmas tree on set fell over. Well, I thought to myself at least I got noticed. I walked back over to my make-up station and gathered what little things I had there and headed out to my car. Thankfully my car started this time because I felt the looming auditorium suffocating me. ________ _______________ ____________ ______________ I flopped on my couch with the grilled cheese I had just made and switched ...

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I don't really know what to say but this is way better that watching YouTube and spending money on regular books