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Paula Mcewan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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There's Life in The Old Dog Yet, Effy Love!

Paula Mcewan

Submitted to Contest #293

Hungry, they had returned to the desolate banks of Loch Deil. Inside a wooden slatted admissions hut Doris dipped her ill-fitting shoes in the pool of blood that seeped across the floorboards, ‘Welcome!’ she said. ‘Welcome to the trial running of...’. No. No that didn’t sound right, fighting to control her lopsided grin in a face she was still getting used to “Joanna” trembled as she licked the crimson specks that covered her I.D badge, ‘Welcome, to the inaugural running of Ephraim and Doris Mahoun’s Tour of Terror!’, yes. Yes, that sounded ...

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Hades' Dustbin

Paula Mcewan

Submitted to Contest #215

Hades’ Dustbin 1 This is Hades’ Dustbin. It holds the exit from Hell’s Gate. These are its guardians; Olly and Frank. They secure the gate. Well, that was the idea anyway. In her youth, Security Officer Olly, had been the proud owner of a lustrous Fire-Red mane. Now in her middle years, Burnt-Orange clumps grew between her broken, stubby horns. She had also developed a disconcerting resting snarl-face along the way: Frank, or Francis! when Olly had really had enough of him, liked to spend his Hades’ Dustbin nigh...

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