R.S. Meander

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2025

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“Rubaline H. Bender Shares a Meal” by R.S. Meander

Submitted to Contest #286

Warning. Contains scenes of grieving. “It’s… It’s closed?” Rubaline said, incredulous and standing in front of the locked door to Deck O’Pod’s BBQ. “No. No! They’ll be back right?” Behind her, Chel the snapping turtle shrugged her shoulders, letting her head sink into a rising shell. “Not Deck’s! Anything but Deck’s” She pounded on the door with a webbed fist. “Roo!” Chel said, pulling the salamander away from the building. “Stop! Someone will call the carps!” There was nobody else in sight of the rundown, boggy shopping center. Rubaline wen...

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“Rubaline H. Bender's Interview” by R.S. Meander

Submitted to Contest #285

In the swamp, there lived a youngish salamander woman. She lived alone in her stoney burrow with her candied flies, a bottle of algae wine that her mother bought her, and a pile of debt that she couldn’t pay because she was unemployed. One day, while rearranging her collection of empty pots—it was too expensive to own plants—Rubaline heard her phone ring from the kitchen. The acorn-shell bell knocked about as if filled with a hundred, angry click beetles. “Hello?” she said as she picked it up, twirling the landline's fibrous cord around her ...

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Author bio

R.S. Meander is a lifelong storyteller with an academic background in biology, bringing his fascination with the natural world into his writing. He crafts dark, immersive fantasy worlds filled with intricate mysteries, complex characters, and original creatures inspired by his scientific expertise. Readers will lose themselves in his currently published works such as the short story, Stonetooth, a grim tale of a stone idol’s search for purpose, or, In the Monster’s Wake, a novelette that covers the high seas adventure of a marine naturalist in a fantastical world. R.S. Meander currently resides in Kentucky with his wife and cat and is hard at work on his next project. When not writing, he enjoys exploring the outdoors, playing tabletop role-playing games, and imagining new ways to blend his love for science and storytelling.