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Natalie Garside

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2025

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Timeless

Natalie Garside

The first time I saw him, I thought he came out of the painting in my aunt’s living room, but that’s not how time works. The next summer he stepped through the full size mirror my aunt kept by the door. “I can’t stay long,” he would say. He could step in and out of the shadows of things. He could turn any beam of sunlight into a rainbow. He could make a song play backwards and forwards at once. Best of all, he could slow down time. A bit of cake could last an hour. A raindrop could dance forever on the palm of your hand. My favourite birds ...

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A Pinch of Stars

Natalie Garside

Submitted to Contest #293

Benedict Augustus Reardon had the misfortune of discovering he was in possession of magical powers whilst aboard a speeding train. A man who believed every situation deserved a singular, well-selected adjective, his exclamation upon turning the morning toast of every traveler in the breakfast car into a parliament of owls: “Untimely!” “I say sir,” declared the official in the dining car, a burly man named Franklin who bore a brusque moustache, “An impolite time to be practicing magic while people have their breakfasts.” “My apologies,” Bened...

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Sophie's Colours

Natalie Garside

Winner of Contest #292 🏆

Sophie decided to spend what she had coined her crone years high in the mountains in a tiny cottage. Her family thought this was a terrible idea and that was precisely why she knew it was a good one. It was surprisingly inexpensive to acquire one—but after that the real work began. Supplies, repairs, figuring out how the hell to make bread. But that first loaf that came out perfectly… “I am crone, and I am free!” she shouted to the wind. She hiked down to the village every other day and gradually crowded her cottage shelves with teacups in e...

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