Ron Boyer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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“White Hell” by Ron Boyer

Submitted to Contest #227

They had originally named this exoplanet WHTHLL025. After astronauts began sending probes there, everyone just called it White Hell. It was, as scientists discovered, an icy world so glacial cold and forbidding that no life was deemed viable.  That was, until twelve cycles ago, when a Dr. Javier Veil reanalyzed some of the older probe data. To say his discovery changed the world would be an understatement. A mission was planned; humanity had to see for themselves. I’m typing these words as we approach WHTHLL025, on the starship ...

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“She Consumes Me” by Ron Boyer

Submitted to Contest #217

There once was a warrior who didn't want to kill the dragon, not because the dragon had been his wife before transforming. He would have had every right to refuse the King's proclamation. Nor was it the fact that he, himself, was subject to the same curse that had caused his wife to turn. No, the true reason he didn't want to kill the dragon was simply because dragons are cool as shit—and he rather liked transforming into one and going on rampages with his wife. They would fly over the beautiful countryside and barrel-roll through the...

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Husband. Father. Alien.