River Horn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

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“Wild Rose of the Canyon ” by River Horn

Submitted to Contest #170

After Maya and her girlfriends had been busy in the tea mountain for a day, they all flew out of the tea forest like butterflies and gathered. They did not rush back to the tribe village but decided to come to the canyon ridge not far from the village for nothing but to listen to the wind. There was an endless canyon, with steep cliffs on both sides and a rushing, unsurpassable torrent beneath the ten thousand feet. The opposite ridge was not far off, with rocks, trees, and wild deer visible. The sound of the wind lingered in this canyon r...

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“Mental Arithmetic Error ” by River Horn

Submitted to Contest #156

Dr. Sheng is a world-renowned expert in grain planting. Once I was with her to the south for an academic conference, and I had a casual chat with her on the way. She confided to me a little secret from her childhood. She said that she had been troubled by one thing she did when she was a child, and the more she achieved in her career, the more she felt that she was a big liar, and she couldn’t forgive herself. That was in the 1960s when her pet name was Ayee. Ayee’s parents were far away from home. They gave birth to five children in a row. ...

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