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Marisa Million

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2025

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Melodies in the Blood

Submitted to Contest #315

The candles weren’t actually lit, but they felt warm against little three year old Charlie. The three candles were atop a small cake, decorated by Charlie’s mother with blobs of frosting that were supposed to be little clouds. Charlie’s mother, father, and Memaw all sang happy birthday while Charlie was head first in the cake. “I brought you a birthday present, Charlie. Go ahead and open it.” Memaw motioned to an extremely large, larger than Charlie, present wrapped in a way that gave away the present before it was opened. Charlie didn’t re...

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Fire Will Rain Down

Submitted to Contest #314

The Legend of the Darkest Night: There will come a day Where world will be faced with a fright By a baby born On the darkest night Fire will rain down The baby will hold the crown Prophesized by the Head Witch of the North, this Legend has dictated my fate before I was even born. The day of the darkest night I was taken by a metal giant, as so many others were. I only remember hearing the king say, “Take him away! The vile creature will not take my crown.” Meer children were murdered, simply for being born. I had been lucky enough to be sav...

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Again and Again

It’s been a long day for sweet little Laurie. Her bones were creaking by the time she flopped on her bed. She noticed a strand coming loose from the quilt she had made, and thought she could fix it in the morning. She never did. Laurie tossed and turned almost all night, but when she finally fell asleep, she appeared to be in a white room. The room made Laurie feel comfortable. There was something about it that was familiar. “Hello? Is this heaven?” “No,” said a mysterious purple mass of gas with a dark glittery purple and dark sphere in th...

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Outcast

Let me start by saying I’ve hurt a lot of people. I’ve ruined people’s lives, relationships, and statuses. But, I’ve decided I just can’t do that anymore. Last year changed me in ways I would have never imagined. This one girl single handedly ruined my life the way I ruined other’s. It really put my actions in perspective. That’s when I realized I needed to make amends, starting with my childhood best friend, Charlie. Charlie, or Charlotte, was a very masculine presenting girl, so when me and the other girls talked about boys, got manicure...

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The Raven’s Last Laugh

The raven flew through the sky just like that day. The day where everything changed. My world flipped upside down and inside out. I was a little girl then. My pigtails had ribbons on them. My mom insisted on it for the big family Christmas party. My dad had driven to Target to get some last minute decorations, and she had started on the Christmas feast. It was early enough in the afternoon that my extended family hadn’t arrived yet. I just sat outside, staring at the sky, waiting for my cousin. That was when it happened. The smell of smoke ...

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Forever Freedom

Submitted to Contest #308

The sunlight shone into my eyes, but I didn’t mind. The light breeze felt good against my skin. As I looked up into the sun, I noticed an American flag flying high in the sky. My sundress mimicked the ripples of my American flag. As I took a deep breath in, another person stepped out into the sunlight. The world seemed to darken as a cloud covered the sun. I shivered from the strong wind that was once refreshing a breeze. I didn’t see him at first, but I heard him. “Carrie! Is that you?” My arm hair stood up. My body moved forward to see him...

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My Revenge

Submitted to Contest #307

The story of how my life went from child genius to a prison can’t be explained without a little bit of context. I’m a legacy. My father, my mother, and all but one of my grandparents went to Princeton. My older sister got rejected, and she was basically cut out of the family entirely. She wasn’t invited to spend any holidays with the family, go back home, and my parents stopped paying for her college. In fact, they demanded she pay them money for all the “wasted years raising a non-ivy child”. Since I was the only child left, all their hopes...

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Return to Misery

He looked between us once more and said, “It’s either her or me.” We had just walked out of my mother’s front door. He was whispering, so she couldn’t hear. “This is totally unfair. My boyfriend or my mom? You both are my entire life.” “She called me ”Pool Boy”, Stephanie, again. You can’t expect me to just stand by and watch you excuse your mother’s behavior.” “But she’s just old fashioned, she’ll learn in time. It was an honest mistake.” “See, this is the problem. I knew you would choose her. What was I thinking?” “Wait, no, I didn’t say a...

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Dutch Or Not Dutch

The year, 1810, the place, Indonesia, and the power was in the hands of the Dutch East India Company. A Bupati, a ruler of a county- like area, sat in his palace-like home with another boy sitting on the floor, begging for mercy. “Everyone wants money, fame, and power. They just aren’t willing to take it. I’m not afraid to betray everyone and anyone to get what I want. That’s why you’re on the wrong side of my sword, and I get the reward, outlaw.” A grin appeared across Merikh’s face, his eyes staring down at a kneeling boy next to him, Adam...

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Around the World

In a land far away, but not far enough that the Post Office can’t reach, a small lady sweetly signs off her lengthy letter to her goddaughter with a flourish. A fatal error on her part, for that same flourish just made the postal worker more confused as to where this random old lady wanted her letter to go. If he turned it to the right, the address looked like Mexico. If he turned it to the left, it looked like the U.S.A. Unlucky for our little lady, the postal worker couldn’t care less as to who this was posted to. One coin flip later, this...

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Alone And Miserable

Sierra’s boyfriend, Liam, excused himself to go to the bathroom. This was her chance. She grabbed his unlocked phone, and she looked through his texts. She didn’t have to look hard to find Courtney. The last texts sent were “I love you baby. Good night!”, and Liam’s response “I’ll break up with Sierra soon, don’t worry. Ily.”. Sierra’s thoughts were getting loud again. While she stared at her boyfriend’s text messages with another Courtney, her mind screamed “He can leave you at any second, be the girl he wants to stay with.” She quickly put...

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My Cage of Safety

Submitted to Contest #300

Sometimes, I feel as though I have different spirits in my head and none of them like this body or the combined person they have become. The pressure to satisfy all of them would have been the end of me. They would’ve consume me whole while they are set free to enter the mind and torture another. With their all consuming thoughts they combine in the cruelest ways in order to drive some of the strongest souls insane, my soul just barely enough to keep me afloat for another few years. Only until they split into the proper form, separate from o...

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The False Father

It had always been just me and my mother ever since I could remember. I had just assumed my father had left my mother because my mother always got silent every time I asked. I stopped asking eventually, of course, but today I needed to know. Everyone in my class was doing a family tree project, and in order to get an A, I had to put my mother, father, and at least one of their parents. I tried asking my teacher if it was okay not to put my father, but my teacher was unsympathetic. She said “Just ask your mom” and “It’s important to know whe...

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The Endless Cry

At my old middle school I would sit in the back, and I would never talk. My goal was basically to be invisible. I was nobody’s first choice, but at least I wasn’t their last. But high school is going to be different. You only need one thing to survive it. Popularity. A thing I don’t have. Since kindergarten I’ve never been popular. That’s going to change this summer. New school, new me. During the summer I went shopping, and I bought clothes that barely passed the dress code, make up, and shoes. Not just any old shoes. I bought high heels. ...

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The Beast, the Witch and the Sisters

Submitted to Contest #297

King Ferdinand was not a great ruler. He did what he wanted. If it was good for the country or not, he didn’t care. He ended up having three daughters, all with different women. Although he presented himself as a faithful and just ruler, anyone who met him could instantly tell he was not. On this particular day, his affair produced an heir. The maiden he had been having an affair with, Margaret, had given birth to a little boy. The King entered the tiny shack, with his royal guards, Margaret called a home. “Show him to me, Margaret”, the kin...

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