Lori Riggleman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Specter of Love” by Lori Riggleman

Submitted to Contest #68

It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same. The same pain, the same fear, the same horror. Jerran clung to Amy’s arm like a life preserver in a storm-tossed sea. Memories flooded her dried-up thoughts, crashing like waves and threatening to drown her. Her knees faltered, and she nearly crumpled to the floor. “Hang in there, Baby. I gotcha,” whispered Amy. Jerran had told her new wife it was going to be hard, but until she stepped through those doors, she couldn’t have imagined how hard. How ...

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“Topaz Sky” by Lori Riggleman

Submitted to Contest #67

Soledad said it was safe and that we needed food.           Commander Otero stepped forward with hesitation, remembering her ancient history: Horado thought entering the chasm was safe too, and look what that got her.            “We’re almost there; I can smell it,” said Soledad with an exaggerated wrinkle of her stubby, slightly upturned nose. The astrobiologist looked eager, each step bouncing higher in the planet’s low gravity. Ot...

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