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Ruth Cumiskey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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The Coven of the Sacred Heart's Final Rite

Submitted to Contest #65

"Double, double, toil and trouble..." Agatha rubbed her hands together and cackled, loud enough to send the birds squawking from a nearby oak tree. "Could you be any more on the nose?" Jen rolled her eyes. Women like this perpetuated the myth of witchcraft as a group of warty-nosed hags dancing around cauldrons putting curses on people. It was bad enough that she was called Agatha: was she trying to be a cliché? Agatha pouted and perched atop a nearby gravestone, as if keeping herself upright was simply too much effort. “Get up!” Jen his...

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Outed.

Submitted to Contest #44

I was 15 years old when I discovered that everyone else had a belly button except for me. Looking back, I’m not sure how it took me so long to work it out. All I can say in defence of my baffling ignorance is that I was always a shy child, and there had been no reason in our isolated community for exposing my midriff or examining other local specimens. Crop tops were a few years off becoming fashionable, and swimming meant jumping into ice cold lakes. I could do without, thanks. I suppose if I ever saw one on television I must have assumed i...

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