Lily Lavender

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Littered with armchair dreams?” by Lily Lavender

Submitted to Contest #25

Charlotte stared back at the horrific face staring at her from its place on the wall. The unusual white and brown velvet covered the antlers in a marble-like swirl and a muzzle-like face that hang over its mouth and a "bell" of skin which hang from its neck. A moose with big brown fake eyes.Imagine that being your final resting place. On a wall in the villa of a Texan millionaire. William Donnaway. Low oil prices had flatlined the growth in his fortunes, he was buying distressed assets while the nation's biggest banks were getting taxpa...

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“Olive’s Victory” by Lily Lavender

Submitted to Contest #21

December 21. Winter Solstice.The winter solstice, hiemal solstice or hibernal solstice, also known as midwinter, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun.I don’t know why this comes to mind because I’m locked in a cell the size of a closet. Maybe it is because I’m a sucker for science or maybe it is because Christmas used to be my favorite time of the year.Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day. None of that crap mean anything anymore. In here I’m just a number.There are days I wake up in a mist of confusion. I...

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“Thanksgiving on the Frontier” by Lily Lavender

Submitted to Contest #17

It’s the year 1864, I’m 18 years old. Like other cowhands I lead a labor-intensive life in the Washington territory. I get little sleep especially at roundup time or on a trail drive. I’ll rise before the sun, and have a quick breakfast of whatever is available. If I’m lucky I get bacon. I’ll then saddle up for 14- 18 hour day in the saddle. Being a girl I have to work twice as hard to prove myself to the men. The men are often retired lawmen, or outlaws, bandits and they don’t always get along, so fights among them are a regular occurrence....

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