Megan Lanphere

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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3 Stories

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“The Lost Girl” by Megan Lanphere

Submitted to Contest #64

Caroline and I have been best friends since kindergarten because we both snored while we slept and had to be kept separate from the rest of the class during naptime. Once we were put in different rooms we skipped nap time to talk to each other, pretending to be asleep when the teacher would come check on us. Now we are 17 and taking on a new adventure. We were from Notasulga so we had to get on AL-14 and neither of us had driven on the thruway by ourselves so we were excited. We climbed into Caroline’s sleek grey Malibu: my mother cal...

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“The Journey Home” by Megan Lanphere

Submitted to Contest #41

My whiskers twitched as I walked through the tall grass. I had to move quickly so I could avoid the large spotted creatures. They mostly ate grass, but they never paid attention when they sat down and I wanted to avoid being crushed. I made my way under the zapping wire and continued on towards the large structure that was filled with the dry grass. I’ve lived here for as long as I can remember. There are four of us in total that live in the dry grass, but they travel farther than I do and sometimes they are gone for days. The furthest I’ve ...

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“The Stars Will Protect Us” by Megan Lanphere

Submitted to Contest #39

I have confided in the stars since my youth. I've spent nights gazing across the open sky; wondering if there was anything out there. As I grew older I had to take responsibility for my people. My time with the stars was cut so that I could be the leader my people needed me to be. Now I'm looking out at my stars one last time. They are dimmer not than they have ever been; hidden behind the flames that are racing along the streets. I watch as my people run for cover and take to the skies in their own spaceships only to be shot down by the ene...

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