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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021
Whirlpools are dangerously beautiful, centripetal forms. You can't turn your eyes away from one. And you can get so lost in the beauty of it that you never know when you're pulled in. Actually, just about any shape that water changes into pulls us in. The endless depth, the high tides that can knock you off, and the shallow waves that fade before they even reach your feet. And its power is so intense that it doesn’t even require shape. Even if our eyes are closed, the roar of the water moves us. Whether it is to take us somewhere bright,...
Submitted to Contest #99
"Miss, do you live here?" A voice from below interrupted my thoughts. A middle aged man, with black hair, and a beard, wearing grey pants and a faded orange tshirt, was standing on the terrace, with one hand on the ladder that was fixed to the tank. "Erm..no, I'm just visiting my grandmother. 203, Meera? She seems to have gone out, the flat was locked, so I came here, to watch the sunsent and stuff. I'm sorry, is this a restricted area?" I asked, from where I was standing on the tank, and contemplated how to climb down the l...
Submitted to Contest #97
He can barely see the stars from his position on the bed, looking out the window in the middle of the night,and fighting sleep. He knows tomorrow is his last day. He has to leave the one person that makes him happy. The one that hung a wrecking ball in his gut and set it to the function of a pendulum. Its now a swinging weight, and has become the sole time keeping element of his life, keeping him stable. Or like a hula hoop. He's the hoop that's swinging around, even when he's exhausted at times and just wants to stop...
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