Miriam Rhodes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2022

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“The Library” by Miriam Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #251

There is more than salt and sand in the sea. More than any mortal man dares to imagine. An entire vast world of blue and green filled with creatures from heavenly dreams and horrific nightmares. There are coral mountain ranges that surround cavernous valleys, forests of seaweed and kelp atop beds of shell and sand, populated by those that are both frightful and kind. It is not a place for man to linger. Yet linger Mr. Robertson did. Mr. Robertson had always had a fondness for the ocean. The glittering aquamari...

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“What a Shame...” by Miriam Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #250

“It’s a shame isn’t it?” “What is?” “That the groom is a whore.” “What?” “You didn’t know?” The pair lowered their voices then to a more appropriate volume, but I’d already heard more than enough. More than I should’ve. More than I was supposed to. It’s none of my business, I reminded myself, gritting my teeth and trying to actually focus on the program that I’d only been pretending to read before. I tried. I really did. But little words kept slipping through. Words like “all the time” and “at their engage...

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“Chances” by Miriam Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #249

I can’t believe it. The first job interview I’ve had in literal months and I’m running late. All because of stupid technology. “I would turn right,” I said aloud to the repetitive monotone female voice emanating from the speakers, “if there was actually a road to turn right on to!” The glassy blue water gave me an apologetic awkward wink in response. This was the fifth time. I’d rerouted the GPS, both on my phone and the car five times already and each new route had been a bust. A lake, a dirt road dead ...

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“It Was A Good Day” by Miriam Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #188

“Today is going to be a good day,” I told the reflection in the mirror. There was no reason for that statement not to be true. The birds were chirping in the trees, the sun was shining in the sky, I'd remembered to make my bed... Sure, the coffee had brewed incorrectly, serving me up an entire spoonful of grounds along with it, but that was just one minor inconvenience. It was going to be a good day. I smiled widely at myself in the mirror, willing the happiness to spill from my cheek muscles to the synapses in my brain,...

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“The Hesitant, the Responsible, and the Victors” by Miriam Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #184

The protagonist was running… the airplane was coming… it hit the ground… everything went black. “Wait! Is that how they’re going to end the episode?” I turned to my husband in utter shock. The screen had gone entirely black and was showing no signs of glowing back to life. “They can’t do that. I can’t wait a whole other week to find out what happens next. I just can’t!” My husband freed his arm from around my shoulders and reached for the controls. He powered them back on, the little button glowing to life in ...

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Author bio

Here are some off-the-top-of-my-head favorites. Top three books are Jane Eyre, The Host, and of the Narnia books. :) Five TV shows that I love are Lost, Once Upon a Time, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Pretty Little Liars. Top 4 movies are Austenland, Lemony Snicketts a Series of Unfortunate Events, Step Brothers, The Terminator. I love baking, writing, video editing, dogs, the ocean and kdramas. If you've got stories that are anything like any of these - I would loooove to read them! :) PS I also love LOTR, Harry Potter, Marvel, Star Wars - basically anything nerdy, mysterious, romantic, and adventurous!