Nathan Blackwood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Black Rose” by Nathan Blackwood

Wind swirled past her face caressing her cheek, drying her tears. Just like dad used to. The gentle wind, touch light and kind, belaying a deep strength softly played the chimes behind her. Her father had made those. Carved them and fashioned them with the love and care that he had raised her with. The grey light cast by the moon illuminated the world around her in shades of black and white. The color seemed non-existent. Where was the life and joy from yesterday? Had the light died, not to return? Had joy fallen, never to rise? “Sweaty,” a ...

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“Grilled Cheese and Dragon Stones” by Nathan Blackwood

“I'm telling you, man, I make the greatest grilled cheese you've never tasted.” “Sure,” Connor rolled his eyes at the younger man, who just grinned at him. The result of the grin mixed with the dried blood at the corner of his mouth and the several half-healed wounds dotting his face made him look psychopathic. “Come on cuz,” Rollin said. “You've never even tried it, how could you know?” Connor shook his head, causing the manacles binding him to shake. “I've seen you cook remember?” “When?” “The time you tried to make stuffed goat, or perhap...

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“The Dances (and Falls) of Life” by Nathan Blackwood

Submitted to Contest #161

It's never easy, starting over. New homes, new schools new jobs, no matter what it is, beginnings are always hard. Almost as hard as endings. But the hardest of all, the hardest of all is when the line between the two blurs, when the before and after and in-between mix and mingle in one lively, breathtaking dance. This, he believes, is the essence of life. The flow, the change, the uncertainty. To grow is life, to be static is death. To fall, to fly, to keep going. You form the tapestry of your life and it is beautiful and vivid and messy, a...

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