Lydia S

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Can’t let go” by Lydia S

My heart is broken. Truly shattered. I know how to love and I loved until I got hurt. It could have just been a fight. I was though standing on a precipice pushed to edge. I pushed everything that had troubled me away inside. Like boulders that increased their load , grinding down and pushing until I was stood there on the edge. Staring it felt into the abyss I asked for one thing from you, what it was in some ways is irrelevant, it was what it represented to me. When you are obsessing over the small things, ...

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“Flashback ” by Lydia S

I remember when I was travelling forwards, and nothing seemed to bother me. Now I am going backwards, and it’s happening fast, with a sickening feeling in my stomach. I don’t want to go back, I really don’t, my thoughts pound as I am strapped in, and the date and time details set. Time travel is experimental and yet someone must do it, to improve the science. I want it, I don't want it, over and over, my indecision rattled until the need to go back took over, and I found myself signing over all my rights to my mind, my body and mo...

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“A wicked thing to do ” by Lydia S

Submitted to Contest #277

I am tired, and it’s been a long day. The hike is beautiful and the view distracts me from my anxiety. I know I took a wrong turn and I’ve added at least ten kilometres to my journey. It’s getting dark and although I have supplies, and my head torch, I’d rather not be here. It is isolated and I am alone aside from a large hare that has just run across my path, and the sweeping condors dancing through the sky. My phone battery is dead. I took too many photographs, and then the chill of the evening took the final ten percent. I spent the ...

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