Myrtus Xi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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“It's Only a Matter of Time” by Myrtus Xi

Cygnus considered himself to be a patient man.It was slightly agonizing at times, being able to peer forward into millions of possibilities for his future, and knowing every single person his fate intertwined with because sometimes he had to pick and choose. He couldn’t have Kal and Taikuri at the same time, or one of them would inevitably end up dead, whether they hated each other so much they killed each other or they ended up caring for each other so much that one died for the other. Aster was always a risk, because there was a 50% chance...

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“Puppet” by Myrtus Xi

Submitted to Contest #274

It wasn’t real.Ian knew that, and yet, every time he felt its presence, the way one can in dreams, he was six years old again, terrified, and alone.One would think that being a lucid dreamer would mean that he no longer feared the demons of the night, but even as his mind gained more power over the world of his dreams, it did too. He hadn’t seen it in two full decades, and yet somehow, that made it so much worse. Memories have a funny way of fading until the thing one remembers best is the sheer terror.Ian was twenty-six years old, and he di...

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Author bio

I am doing my best but honestly I don’t know what I’m writing and I’m pretty sure my characters have gained free will. Hoping to self publish? Maybe??? If I can pick a project and stick to it??? I tend to favor low-fantasy (I blame Percy Jackson)