Maddie Richards

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“All We Leave Behind” by Maddie Richards

Submitted to Contest #163

Trigger warning: death Frost hung in the air and draped over branches like stringy cobwebs. Through the naked trees, ember streaked over the powder blue sky, and feathery clouds blotted across the canopy. The first snowfall came through the night, which coated the tops of the graves with blankets of white. It dusted icing sugar over the stones. In the distance, a commuter train rattled over the tracks, towards the heart of London. Naomi would be on the train in an hour’s time, sandwiched between schoolchildren making their way to t...

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“The Fall of Hope” by Maddie Richards

Submitted to Contest #130

Once, the soundscape of the city would have been punctuated with bombs as they shrieked through the air, preceded by sirens that wailed in the early hours of the morning. The night was a place of many terrors – the darkness never went uninterrupted too long before a flash and a bang would echo out over the city, white light burning through drapes. But the people of Mount Neau were used to it – Freyja herself knew nothing but the War. It was when the bombs stopped banging and t...

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