Megan Carter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2025

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“The Power Of White ” by Megan Carter

I woke up feeling like a crumpled napkin at the bottom of a takeout bag. The kind of morning where your soul feels like it’s been left out in the rain. Gray. Damp. Slightly moldy. I groaned and rolled over, cocooning myself in my duvet. Maybe I could just dissolve into my mattress. That seemed like the best option. But then, through the crack in my curtains, a sliver of white light sliced through. A sign? A calling? Or just the sun being obnoxiously persistent? Hard to say. I dragged myself out of bed and, in a rare moment of self-preservati...

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“Love Remains” by Megan Carter

Submitted to Contest #291

This story explores themes of addiction and loss. While it does not contain graphic depictions, it delves into the emotional impact of loving someone struggling with addiction. Reader discretion is advised. In the quiet, Julia could almost hear the echoes of a different time, a time before the addiction had stolen him from her, before everything they had built together had begun to crumble. He had been someone else then—before the pills, before the smoke, before the needles had carved away the life from his bones. The man he once was, the on...

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I write because characters fascinate me—how they love, lose, fight, and find their way. Life is messy, unpredictable, and full of moments that make a story worth telling. I’m from South Africa, always chasing new places and experiences. A total romantic at heart—give me a dreamy sunset and a cliché line any day.