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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024
Submitted to Contest #259
(Story contains/curse words) Fiona tried her best not to think as she drove her rickety rental car towards Champagne Falls at a speed that was all together inadvisable. She cursed the familiar roads, the pouring rain, and most of all the unsettling quiet that followed her no matter how quickly she drove. Her fingers tightened around the steering wheel until her knuckles shone white and she let out a frustrated sigh. No matter how hard she tried she could not escape the worry that plagued her. The town of Champagne Falls was and always had b...
Submitted to Contest #256
The sun beat down on the arena warming the stone beneath her fingertips and scorching her back. The heat was a palpable thing, her hair and her clothes sticking to her skin with sweat. Even the breeze was hot and ragged like the breath of the wild dogs that roamed the city. Worse than the wretched heat was the smell. A nauseating combination of sweat, freshly baked bread, and blood enveloped the arena. The smell alone made her nose burn. The roar of the crowd hammered upon her eardrums. A cacophony that she could hardly bear. The air was fil...
Submitted to Contest #254
It had been easy really. It wasn’t supposed to be easy, and perhaps that should have bothered her more than it did. A whispered word in the wrong set of ears. A crude phrase scrawled in bright pink sharpie across every stall in the 3rd floor girls bathroom. And crumpled wads of cash passed quietly from one hand to another. That was all it had taken to ruin someone’s life. These three choices by no means should’ve guaranteed destruction, but she had taken the steps to ensure that they would. Those inquisitive ears had belonged to Hyacinth, Li...
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