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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021
Submitted to Contest #163
*Trigger Warning: This story contains depictions of physical and emotional abuse, violence, and self harm. Jaelle was leaving again. The cracked leather upholstery rubbed against her bare thighs as she shifted her weight in the driver’s seat of Ray’s Trans Am. It dug into her tender flesh, jolting her with a sense of urgency that overshadowed her fear. She knew she didn’t have long before Ray would snortle awake, roll over, and notice her missing. Then he would be so pissed, he’d probably sling back a few shots of Jim Beam and start p...
Submitted to Contest #91
The sharp buzzing shot through her head again. Pain like a hot poker between the eyes, quickly followed by searing in the left temple. This had been happening for several days now, periods of excruciating pain followed by tiny respites, mere moments of clarity spoiled again by all-consuming agony. Amelia wearily brought her hand to her forehead, the mind’s eye. She fluttered her eyelids and glanced around the room. She had come here because it was a place that had once given her peace, connection. She distracted herself here, lost he...
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