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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020
Submitted to Contest #55
Diane..."Did you hear that?" I ask. I shiver. This place is creepy.Miari shoots me a glare."Shut up!" she whisper-shouts. "I didn't invite you here so you could make a fool of us.""Sorry, but did you?""No. Now be quiet."Usually, I'd believe her, but in our unnerving setting, I have room for doubts.We're walking down a street, lit only by the occasional streetlight, at 1 in the morning. I can see a massive house at the end of the street that reminds me of the haunted houses my friends and I used to go to.Miari is taking me to this creepy plac...
Submitted to Contest #52
Note: I wrote this apart from the competition, so it doesn't fit the prompt perfectly. It's a girl instead of a boy, and it's not on the street...Yeah, it's close enough. Enjoy! :D"Rain! Winter! The Stealers have found us!" Jade flung open the door and featured frantically at them. "Come on!"Rain inhaled sharply. The Stealers. The worst nightmare of every Astral on earth. By taking the gem embedded in an Astral's wrist, they stole the life from their body. An Astral couldn't live without their gem.Hunter ran up behind Jade."I thought none of...
Submitted to Contest #50
No one expects to be in a car crash.Many "if only"s crowded my mind as I lay in the hospital bed, hooked up to many machines that monitored me, helped to heal me, and constantly remind me that I would never be the same again.If only I had said no.If only I had left my apartment a few minutes later.If only I had not felt the need to purchase a new outfit for our date.If any of these things had happened, maybe I wouldn't have been hit by the drunk driver on my way to Kohls.But I had, and now I would never be able to walk again, and my face was...
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