Mackenzie Kay

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

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“Turner” by Mackenzie Kay

Submitted to Contest #255

On the first day, Elizabeth stared at the makeshift grave. It was only a blurry memory of how she had come to be standing in front of the nearly six-foot long, rectangular mound of freshly dug earth in the middle of the dense forest. It was slowly coming back to her, though, and it made her feel like ice-cold water was trickling down her back. At the same time, her throat and stomach burned. She did it. Now, she had no idea how she was standing there, but it wasn’t an opportunity she was going to waste. She needed to relieve her parents, sis...

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“Bluebells in the Burren” by Mackenzie Kay

Submitted to Contest #253

If things weren’t difficult enough, the fog was going to make it worse. And, of course, after the luck that Jack had over the past year, such an unnatural mist would plague him in such an environment. “You just need to take some time and breathe,” his friend Carol had said when she brought up the idea for the trip. It was hard to do that when balancing on craggy rocks while not being able to see a meter in front of you. To make things better, the sun was also beginning to set. Jack stepped from one rough clint of the limestone pavement to an...

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