Maisy Stevens

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Art of Being Boring” by Maisy Stevens

Submitted to Contest #256

Perhaps the answer is to pack your bags and move to the city. As a somewhat shy and partially introverted twenty-year-old, recieving the opportunity to complete an internship in Central London felt like a gift straight from the graceful fingertips of God, like I’d finally been looked down on with something less pitiful than disdain. I quit my tedious retail job in the middle of an industrial retail park, so barren a piece of tumbleweed was a regular, without so much as a regretful smile. My manager had begged me not to leave, but, no m...

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“Out of Water” by Maisy Stevens

Submitted to Contest #255

When Julia wakes up with a fin in place of her arm, her first thought is: ‘Crap. My shift started ten minutes ago’. It feels quite normal, the murky, dishwater blue that trickles up her side like a leaky faucet. Numb, but sensitive. Natural, as she’d woken up that way, but supernatural, unnerving, and something she had not noticed even one bit. The scales crawling up her arm are ticklish, sure, but she writes that off as a dream, a cynical yearning for what her body had clearly craved. It does not cross her mind to tick off the appearan...

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Author bio

i’m a student from the UK. this is just for fun!