Rylinn Kemphaus

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“When He Found Us” by Rylinn Kemphaus

Submitted to Contest #272

*TRIGGER WARNING - MENTIONS OF GUNS, BLOOD, AND DEATH* July 4th, 2024. Three months ago, they started watching us, specifically watching me. I had assumed they wanted our wealth, but instead, they were after lust and desire. We had no idea until the night they decided to tear our family apart.We put the girls to bed hours prior, finally relieving ourselves of the day's work. We had a long day of celebration with our family. There was a faint burning smell of sulfur that still lingered in the air. Gabriel had fallen asleep minutes a...

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“Where the Sunsets on Mars” by Rylinn Kemphaus

Submitted to Contest #88

I screwed up. I smuggled my way onto a planet I’ve never been on before. That, alone, should tell you that I’m in deep trouble. I’m only here because I ran away from home, thinking that boarding a ship to space was a good idea. Now I’m just a juvenile outsider, trying to survive in the dunes of Mars. You may be asking why I ran away in the first place. I wanted freedom and to be myself. I wanted to not have to worry about our government and what they are hiding. I didn’t mean literal freedom. But now that I think of it, I might actually...

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You can join the Young Authors Spring-Summer Writing Camp/Contest at https://classroom.google.com/c/MjI1MzE0OTk3NDg2?cjc=dmgzsvj