Marnie Devereux

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Antlers” by Marnie Devereux

Submitted to Contest #118

It was when Claire woke up on Christmas morning that she discovered her husband had grown a pair of antlers. It had started a few days earlier. Buck had been complaining of a headache, and within a few hours there were two sizeable bumps on his forehead, the bruised skin tight and shiny. Claire assumed he must have hit his head during one of his regular late-night drinking sessions, and thought no more of it. But now th...

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Marnie Devereux is a British writer living in the Arizona desert. She is the author of two poetry collections, 'Fractured' and 'The Pelican Tree'. Marnie also edits Shorts magazine, a free online platform for new and emerging writers worldwide.