Maria Campos

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Can you keep a secret?” by Maria Campos

Submitted to Contest #55

Can you keep a secret? Can you keep it in? Will you be able to comprehend what I'm about to reveal? Can you shut your mouth, as I just shut the door To prevent the whispers from leaving us at all. Will you keep it in, even if it is too much? Even if the things I tell you blow away your mind? Even when the words I tell you bump around your head? Even if they scratch and beg you to be heard. Be warned and beware, because this secret will try to get its way. It will beg and scream, and trash and screech, until you begin to doubt why you agr...

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“Roses in the dark” by Maria Campos

Submitted to Contest #42

I had a new home! I had wondered what it would be like to be picked up by one of the strange creatures that came and looked at us every day and be taken away. Many of my siblings had gone in the last couple of days, and my turn had finally arrived. I had been gently laid on a weird vehicle that moved underneath me until we had reached tall looking towers. Finally, we arrived at a small and somewhat dark place."Hey Hannah, how are you feeling?", said the creature who had picked me up to another. This other creature looked different, like she ...

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“A streak of bad haircuts ” by Maria Campos

Submitted to Contest #33

She ran and ran, and realized she had to do something about changing her appearance soon, or her running would not get her far. Red hair and green eyes, the least common traits in the human population, were not the most useful when trying to be inconspicuous.As she rounded the corner and spotted one of the many saloons that lined the streets, she prayed the one she entered would have someone nice, who didn't ask many questions. She didn't want to implicate anyone else, but she had no choice if she wanted to survive.As she entered, she was gr...

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