Rory Cole

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“Without Ruth” by Rory Cole

Submitted to Contest #70

I can't leave the house anymore. I got rid of my phone last week. I couldn't handle the incessant gossip about me. My house has become a safe haven. The only place that I am free to exist without constant scrutiny. It's been a year since Ruth was killed. A year since my baby girl was stolen from this world by a man who will suffer none of the consequences. Instead, I am doomed to spend eternity locked up in this house, in utter silence. Her music will never blast at a volume that I will have to tell her to turn down again, and the kitchen...

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“Can I Tell You a Secret? ” by Rory Cole

Submitted to Contest #68

"Can I tell you a secret?" Laura looked over at Tom, the blaze from the rapid-fire lighting the back of his head as he looked in the distance, waiting for an answer. "As long as it isn't as bad as the secret we just made." Tom looked back at Laura, intently staring at her, how the light of the flames flickered over her face, illuminating her dark, ash-covered makeup. "I think I'm in love with you." There was silence after Tom's statement, only the crackling of the house behind them filling the quiet pause. Laura sighed deeply, as if to s...

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