Lindsey Owen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Embers and Cinders” by Lindsey Owen

Submitted to Contest #63

By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire-and I was terrified. Panic spread through me as flames hungrily consumed the living and the dead; devouring nerve and flesh like paper. As I stood at its mercy, one thought struck me as a physical blow. No one cared. Not of me, not that I stood helpless against the vibrancy, but that they too burned. Everyone did. Couples, families, children-heavens the children!-they burned the brightest and fastest. 'Save them-Save the poor children!' I wanted to cry, but my voice-like my courage-had b...

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