María Barrios

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (3)

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“A Landscape of Consequences” by María Barrios

Submitted to Contest #53

Laboratories will remain closed for now. Please let all your material in the respective incubators/refrigerators and we'll be contacting you soon with more information. Be strong. Kind regards, Doctor Anya Sánchez-Jones. The sign was stuck to the door of their lab. Ale heard whispers around her. Some of the undergraduates were cursing under their breath. Summer was ...

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“Stars” by María Barrios

Submitted to Contest #51

The stars weren’t the right shape. He kept drawing them and staring at them but they never quite looked the right way. He was about to rip the page when Sandra came to his desk. "Do you always work like this?" Sandra said. "I like working," Marcelo said. He was coloring the sketch the teacher had asked them to do. Pencils, erasers, a sharpener, and a ruler were scattered around his desk. He wa...

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“Duality” by María Barrios

Submitted to Contest #50

The smell of disinfectant clung to her nostrils. The place was as beautiful as terrifying. Clean and cold like a clinic. People weren't cold, but there was a distant air of superiority coming from those that walked by her. A woman walked by smelling of perfume. She smelled rich.

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Author bio

Scientist and Writer of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and sometimes romance. Vengo del Norte del Sur. Follow me on twitter. I love connecting with other writers: twitter.com/shipperific