Marian Reiley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (35)

35 Stories

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“The Loiness' Hunt” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #48

It was a perfect day? Well, it had been until that horrible thing had happened! For once, Calamityville had been perfectly calm. No robberies, explosions or maniacal geniuses to stop. Lioness had actually been able to be her lovable alter ego, Pennilope "Penny" Patterson. The happy, unassuming Computer Forensics major, Penny loved to study and hang out with her friends. On that day, all she had to focus on was studying for her Criminology final. Then, her arch-nemesis, Hyena, had stalked back onto the scene. Lioness absolutely hated Hyen...

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“Mr. Death” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #47

You check your mail everyday. Today was different though. Yes, you still opened up the door and got the contents of that box attached to the wall in your appartment building's lobby. Rifiling through the envelopes, bills and coupon packets, you see a letter that makes the breath stop on its way out. Both addresses are done in letters cut out from magazines. Chills run down your spine. It was happening again. Already knowing the envelope's basic contents, you open it. Inside, just like before, is a letter composed in a collage of fon...

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“Citizens of Centervale” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #45

Ugack was an Orc living in a supposedly enlightened age and land. It was the begining of the Mellenium of the Azure Lamb. The last two hundred years had seen a lot of change for Orcs.Ugack's great great paternal grandfather, Gelub, had been brought to the Kingdom of Dinastia as a slave. Her mother, Poh's heritage was complicated. Poh had a human mother, Sabrina, and an Orc father, Viguka. Sabrina and Viguka's union had to be kept secret from both their families. Interracial relations had been illegal in Dinastia until about fifty years a...

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“Monster Death” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #44

Hannah's mom, Prudence, had died two weeks ago. They had found the body lying in bed with the blankets shreded and bloody on top of her. The police had been summoned. Evidence on the scene was baffling.There was nothing to suggest either a struggle or forced entry. Yet Prudence's corpse had obvious wounds. Her entestines looked like they had ruptured and there were deep gouges and slashes on her abdomen. There was of course blood but CSI said it all appeared to be arterial spray and smeared transfer marks. More confusing was the lack of an...

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“Fever Dreams” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #42

I was ill the day the strange incident happened. From what I was told, my temprature had been one hundred and two degrees Farenheit when my husband, Jarad, made me go get some bed rest. He had been an EMT so I supposed I should listen.For the first ten minutes all I could do was lay in our bed staring at the ceiling fan as it blew chilled air on my face. I must've drifted into a deep sleep, because the next thing I knew, I was standing in my bedroom but something was off.The bed, nightstand and all of our other furniture was where it was whe...

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Author bio

I grew up writing short stories. Reedsy is the first place I've ever published. My muses are Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, and Dianna Wynn Jones. I just found out about the fee to enter the contest. I am going to go away from the prompts on Reedsy but feel free to enjoy any content I've published so far. Each piece I write, I try to take my audience for a thrilling ride through my plots. Planning to start a WordPress blog. I will post a link in my bio stay tuned. Also I was a Biology Major in college not an English Major. So if my writing isn't perfect or enjoyable that may have sonething to do with it!