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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021
Submitted to Contest #104
--Are you coming tonight? The dreadful words lit up on my phone screen. The first words I had received from my friends in the last two weeks. I hesitated to answer. I couldn't just decline with no explanation. That would be rude. But it was my friends who were asking. I had tried many times to explain that sometimes I just did not want to hang out, and they always told me that wasn't a real reason. It wasn't because of them. It was never because of them. Often times, it was because I simply didn't want to. Was that so bad? Was wanting ...
Submitted to Contest #93
The bright lights and constant moving seemed to shove a sense of euphoria into the air. Excitement bubbled from every corner. The crowd flowed like wind, dashing from one stand then slowly ambling onto the next.But the crowd was a crowd. Another mere object that hindered my movements. Walking through it was growing exhausting. How long had I been moving forward? It was late, and the new moon in the sky allowed the lanterns and colors to light up the night.I sat on a bench, beside a large tent. Children's squeals of joy sounded from inside. I...
Submitted to Contest #88
Princess Minette, daughter of Queen Nephele and King Ludovic. She was, to say the least, a handful of a girl. The Princess was always running off, hiding from tutors and sneaking out of the castle.“Princess, you can not avoid such duties. You must learn to handle responsibility!” That is what the everyone told her. And to such words, the Princess would always respond with the same thing.“I don’t need to know all that. I’m not gonna be a queen!”They all overlooked her reply. After all, there was no plausible way she could avoid her fate. Each...
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