Rebecca Leclere

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Gifts Along the Ocean Road” by Rebecca Leclere

Submitted to Contest #173

It was a glorious day outside the Melbourne airport, the air sweet and warm, the sun positioned to cast the strip of sidewalk floating outside baggage claim in morning shade. There were no doubt frills of riotous flowers, and flitting glimpses of birds, and fronds of all kinds stooping radiantly overhead, but none of it could make up for the amount staring back at Mrs. Hammel from the lit icon of her Wells Fargo app; $3,000 less than there’d been a week ago. A flash of aggravation towards her dead husband rose from nowhere, a horrible feel...

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“Madam Magdalene’s Oracular Viewings” by Rebecca Leclere

Submitted to Contest #152

The silver bell adorning Madam Magdalene’s Oracular Viewings chimed over the soft swooping hair of the boy who’d just pushed through the door. Magdalene hastily slid her crossword under an appropriately leather-bound tomb sitting next to the register and watched closely. The bell was a trinket given to Magdalene by her mother, who’d received it from her mother before her, who had supposedly bought it off an old troll living in what was now the sunken city beneath San Francisco. A miniscule enchantment carved along its edges summoned t...

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Author bio

I live in Washington state with two cats, two snakes, and two roommates. I'm currently working on publishing my first novel, The Dragon's Curse!