Robert Clarion

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“Atlantis” by Robert Clarion

Submitted to Contest #68

“Come inside,” I hear her voice from behind me. “It’s not too late.”I swirl my gin lazily in one hand, listening to the ice cubes clink against the glass.I’ll need a top up soon. Doubt she’ll fetch me one. “Of course it’s too late,” I sigh dreamily. I look out across the lake and the morning sun peeks back through the pine trees. Dewdrops glisten like fairy lights. Birdsong echoes through the trees in blissful ignorance. Funny, I'd always thought animals had ways of knowing about these things. “You should wake up the kids, it’...

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“The Sun of 193” by Robert Clarion

Submitted to Contest #67

Inquisitor Gunk gazed out the oval windows of the shaky passenger shuttle as it seared down into the atmosphere above Vorghis 193. As it sank beneath the clouds, tiny bright lights of civilization began to punctuate the vast darkness of the planet below, starting from small towns clinging to the edge of the continent, and growing into glowing swathes as the ship careened toward the busy spaceport of Tiragun.Gunk imagined great golden cobwebs stretching across the surface of the planet, or clusters of neurons sparking on a map of a colossal b...

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Author bio

Hello, this is my first proper attempt at writing so any critique, no matter how small or how harsh, is welcome! More than anything I am here to improve. Thank you for reading!