Ruth Jacobs

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Battle of the Flowers” by Ruth Jacobs

Submitted to Contest #66

The cheerful looking judge choked on the generous bite of chocolate cake she had just put into her mouth, her hand held to her throat, her smile now gone. She fell to her knees. The vicar looked down at her in disgust (obviously had a little too much at the home brew tasting, he thought) as choking and spluttering she fell hard to the ground and went still, a blue ribbon still clutched in her rigid hand. His expression turned to one of horror as he bent down and put fingers to her neck. He searched frantically for a pulse and found nothing. ...

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“Banished” by Ruth Jacobs

Submitted to Contest #65

Aurelius had become a member of the prestigious Order of Lamia, for female vampires, from birth. So very few vampire were born, most gaining that honour later in life. But Aurelius was one of the few, the first vampire birth in many hundreds of years. Her sire and dame were Cassius and Constantine, two of the oldest and most well respected vampires in Albion (Britain). She was held to impossibly high expectations as soon as she opened her eyes for the very first time and her dame recognised in her the mark of Lamia, green eyes that darkened ...

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Author bio

Mother of 3 Primary school teacher Appreciating the slivers of happiness that happen, even on the worst days