Raeleigh Wilkinson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“The Honorable Battle of the Barbarians” by Raeleigh Wilkinson

Submitted to Contest #183

Everard raced through the dense forest, his armor clanking loud enough for both armies to hear. He paused for a moment, raising his hands as far above his head as his bulky shoulder plates would allow, catching his breath. His metal chest plate gleamed in the dappled sunlight. A twig snapped. Everard spun toward the sound, the arrow leaving his bow before the foe could step fully into the clearing. He fell with a garbled “for king and country…” Everard snorted. “The wrong king and country. Obviously.” Everard reassessed his ar...

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“No Risk, No Reward” by Raeleigh Wilkinson

Submitted to Contest #135

I could have been happy, had it not been for that wretched pregnant woman. Perhaps happy isn’t the word, come to think of it, but I would have been fine. I would have been content to sit at this sewing machine day in and day out, letting fabrics from all over the world flow through my fingers and thinking nothing of it. But now each new bolt fills me with torturous curiosity. Whose hands wove this wool? What was their life like? Who did they love? What made their hearts sing and sob? No, Marie. I shook my head to shoo the inc...

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