Roqualind McCortney

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Haunt” by Roqualind McCortney

Submitted to Contest #65

“Imagine, for a moment, that everything drifts away in a single second. Every feeling is rushing through you. Pain. You feel pain. But not the pain you’ve felt before, but a mental pain. A pain that makes it feel as if a dagger has made a strong gash through your feelings. Disgust. But not disgust at yourself, but at the same time, only at yourself. That your body hasn’t been through enough, but still too much. Hate, but not self hate, or hate at others, but hate at Atropis. For she guaranteed you’d die. You, someone who needs to do so much....

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“Bloody Future, Bloody Halls” by Roqualind McCortney

Submitted to Contest #62

My eyes examine the school. It is marble. Cold and unforgiving. There is a scream. I felt my self run toward it, and… Jerk back into class. I rarely remember the past as easily as I remember the future. The future is easy. The past is hard. I focus and try to pick through my future memories. I see the birth of a little girl. I smile. That’ll be soon. I find the time I was in again and look around, detaching myself from the body. I gaze over the school and see blood. On an astral level, that overpowers everything else. I pull back from th...

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