R. B. Leyland

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“The Outbreak” by R. B. Leyland

Submitted to Contest #84

Exhilaration. That was the one word that I could use to describe what this freedom felt like. Ever since the day I was spat out of Mother Earth’s bowels, she had trapped me in her cage; like she does with all of my kind. You see, with too many of us, Her precious world would succumb to pestilence. Lush, vibrant land reduced to a barren waste. Humans, animals, nature, all perished with our fury. She keeps us alive because frankly, She needs us. When the world starts to go in a direction that She doesn’t like, She releases some of us, and w...

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My name is Ben, 29, from a town called Wigan near Manchester in the UK. Feel free to leave constructive criticism and/or chat.