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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020
Submitted to Contest #39
The blinding light is smothered by abrupt darkness, followed by sharp, full-bodied pain as he crashes into the hard earth. He pushes himself up to his hands and knees, takes in the gushes of blood erupting from his skin. He's covered in it; the flesh. Flesh that stretches over new bones and muscles, that's covered in the sticky sheen of sweat. He lifts a hand, rotates it until he's studying his palm. He spreads, bends his fingers and marvels at the joints he's never had. There's so much blood. He feels almost human. He sits back on his ...
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #34
Paul tugs the duvet up and burrows closer to his wife, tucks his nose into the curtain of fiery hair resting against her neck. He breathes in deep and lets the soft patchouli scent soothe him back into a half-sleep. He stirs again when she does, when thunder cracks loud and rattles the window panes of their small cottage. The sky outside is dark, overcast and grey. Paul aches for days like this; when the storm traps them in, not the rainfall but the flooded drive leading down to the main road. Some days they'll shove their feet into pai...
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