Paulina Smal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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“Something's Fishy” by Paulina Smal

Submitted to Contest #280

“Don't, Margret!”“It’s too late, John.”“But–!”“I said, it’s too late.”“And I say don’t you dare. It’s too late when I say it’s too late!”“Be reasonable John, please, honey. Just, oh, stop pacing, would you?”“You don’t trust me?! A marriage is built on trust you know.”“I– dammit, John, it’s not about trust.”“Then what’s this about, huh?”“It’s rotten, the whole thing. There’s no saving it.”“That’s not–!”“It is true! You’re just too stubborn and prideful to admit it!”“I’m not prideful!”“Oh but you are stubborn, then?”“Don’t be cheeky! You’re th...

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“Where the Wind Sings ” by Paulina Smal

Submitted to Contest #280

“Where in all the thrice-cursed frozen hells am I?” Kazia DeWin asked the wind, because gods knew there was no one else around for miles to hear him. Kazia stood in the middle of the frozen barrens with nothing but the clothes on his back and a sinking feeling in his chest. As he spun slowly, he couldn’t see anything but flat planes of ice, the horizon blocked by flurries of snow – not even the sun was visible through the ominous clouds that had rolled in sometime while he’d been wrestling free of his ropes. His pale lashes were caked with ...

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