Mariah Lumsden

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“'Cause I'm Here All Alone” by Mariah Lumsden

Submitted to Contest #38

I was lying there in my bed in utter numbness. I was praying, hoping, and wishing that this whole tragedy would be over soon. Anxiety possessed me like a demon. I was constantly in a state of impending doom, wondering if this panic attack was just a panic attack, or if I would go to sleep and never wake up due to the tightness in my chest. It always felt like my body was too small for my chest, and it was constantly getting smaller and smaller and smaller until I just couldn't breathe anymore. At first I would weep until I fell asleep, b...

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“Mirror Years Ago” by Mariah Lumsden

Submitted to Contest #35

I was left alone. I lived alone, lonesome maybe nothing to inspire me or cultivate me anymore. My bed was the only thing that invited me now, open arms and warm hugs were provided. The ticking of the grandfather clock that lived with me outside of my bedroom comforted me like the beating of a heart. It lulled me to sleep, always steady and ticking throughout my head and in my dreams. It steadied everything. At any moment I could find myself on a sea of choppy and hostile water, and the ticking of the grandfather clock would steady the wa...

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“SO I DON'T EXIST” by Mariah Lumsden

Submitted to Contest #26

So I Don't ExistMariah Lumsden CHAPTER 1 Maybe I could have let it go if I tried, but the music didn't know the war. The music was young, and the war was ancient. There was no way they could have ever understood each other, or have a conversation that didn't involve them yelling at each other until their lungs burned. I understood where both of them were coming from. The war was tired, their skin was yellowing and caving in, they had been breathing for too long. Music was just a child. She was smart for her ...

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Author bio

Mariah Lumsden makes people think differently with her hard-hitting stories. She puts you in the position that her character's face. Perhaps, you can even relate to a character or two of hers. Lumsden will have your heart beating with anticipation and hope.