Nikki Lynn Patterson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2023

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“Becoming Imuego” by Nikki Lynn Patterson

Submitted to Contest #215

Look at them sitting there, struggling with their tests and their mundane worries about what to wear to this year’s Halloween Ball. None of them truly aware of what an actual struggle is even if it crawled up and bit them in the behind. For so long I tried to hide it, hide myself. “Play nice and just pretend to be a human.” I was told, but every year its only gotten worse and worse and I’m starting to wonder ho...

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“Grey Day” by Nikki Lynn Patterson

Submitted to Contest #200

Hickory is a small town that sits by itself in the middle of nowhere that smells damp of the nearby freshwater lakes. Residents here in Hickory are quiet, kind and hardworking people who relish their privacy, usually keeping to themselves. Many who live in the small town were born here, grew up and raised their own families here for generations. The ones who had come here over the years had settled, finding solace in a p...

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Author bio

A little big dreamer who grew up in the Midwest of the States with a love of literature and writing that stretches as far back as I can remember. I have a trove of stories that I cant wait to share. After a long fight with depression, writing has been a big part of what saved me, giving me that escape to one day share with those who appreciate writing and the love of reading just as much as I do.