M. Darrow

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Wanna Dance With Somebody” by M. Darrow

Submitted to Contest #277

We never meant for all those princes to die, you know. That was all Dad’s idea. I mean, three days isn’t a lot of time to figure out how a dozen girls are getting in and out of their room with no one the wiser every night. If none of our guards, nursemaids, governesses, or ladies’ maids had been able to figure it out since the whole thing started--years ago, mind--how was some random second-or-third-born son after an inheritance supposed to do it in three days? Marta, my oldest sister, told him it was a bad plan, but of course he didn’t list...

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“Mother Earth” by M. Darrow

Submitted to Contest #277

CW: This story contains themes of religious trauma and implied sexual violence/coercion Mother EarthMan has struggled with the serpent from the very moment of Her creation. She has been an enigma, a dual symbol. She represents evil power and chaos from the underworld. But she is also a sign of fertility, of life and healing. They had told her not to. Not to approach the tree. Not to question. They had told her so many things. Eve stares up at shining coils of scales as the creature drapes herself over the branches above her head. She is al...

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“Sweetbread: An Epilogue” by M. Darrow

🏆 Winner of Contest #274

My sister has always had a soft heart. Soft as sweetbread.She cried after the old woman, despite everything. Maybe because of everything. I remember holding her as she wept, both of us covered in soot, her fingers scalded from holding shut the oven door. After the tears, she was quiet. She trailed me through the awful house with its sweetbread walls and sugared windows. I found the clothes we’d arrived in, offered up her kirtle, and she donned it without a word. She showed no whisper of response when we found the treasure in the attic, ...

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Author bio

Hello, all! I am, and have been my whole life, a great lover of storytelling in all forms. I enjoy a well-crafted narrative in pretty much any form, and I enjoy engaging in a satisfying narrative as a creator, editor, and/or an audience member. When it comes to personal preference, I am a fiction writer with a particular affinity for fantasy and fantastical narratives.

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Contest #274
Sweetbread: An Epilogue – read story