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Mel K

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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Master of Puppets

Mel K

Submitted to Contest #292

Trigger warning: This story involves disturbing scenes of violence, supernatural horror and disturbing imagery. Please proceed with caution."Io sono il padrone, e tu sei il burattino!/ I am the master, and you are the puppet!Working in an antique store was hardly where Aislin saw herself five years ago, but beggars couldn’t be choosers in this economy. Her dreams of becoming someone had been crushed by the reality of life and the collapse of her support system after college, and she depended on this job to make ends meet. Still, something wa...

4 likes

In The Darkness

Mel K

Submitted to Contest #272

In the darkness of a stormy night, the metallic tang of lightning rests slightly over your scent.Floral, bitter and so alive.So fragile, so achingly human.Your blood is pulsing through your veins and I can hear each beat of your heart as I sit and await the dawn. Your heart, the ever-present clock to remind me of the truth, that one day that clock must stop so we can spend eternity together…or separate us by a veil, when you enter a realm where I can never follow.You want to join me in the darkness, condemn yourself to the cold emptines...

13 likes

The Diner

Mel K

Submitted to Contest #249

Music blares from the rental car as she speeds down the highway, singing along with a smile on her face.This is her first trip abroad in years and she feels younger for it.Messages ping up on her phone as she weaves through the other cars; messages from the friends she is due to meet up with in two days.In the distance, the sun is beginning to set, but there is still more than enough time to reach the next city to turn in for the night.Her music cuts off abruptly as the sat nav takes over,“Take the nex...

14 likes

Paradise Lost

Mel K

Submitted to Contest #248

The sun - a red sun, it turns the sand the colour of blood. Red, the colour of blood. Blood, the warm liquid that ran down her hands and arms the day the raiders came. A blood soaked world. She doesn’t like the colour red. She walks steadily down an old highway, eyes shielded by a worn out baseball cap. Her hands are covered with solid leather gloves, a long, torn jacket protecting her body despite the unbearable heat. Her clothes have seen better days. How many people have worn them before her? Judging by the claw marks, a fair ...

10 likes

HAL-2315

Mel K

Submitted to Contest #247

Prepare to enter hyperspeed.Thump. Thump. Thump.My heart races faster and faster as the computer completes its final calculations.Countdown.Five. Four. Three. Two. One.Hyperspeed activated.Between one breath and the next, I am travelling faster than the speed of light. I can’t help the yell of pure exhilaration as I shoot by stars and planets.This is the furthest anyone has been into this sector - I’m off the known map of the galaxy, so many years from home. Hyperspeed deactivated - you have reached your destination.“We’re here, we actu...

8 likes