Sam W

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (18)

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“Hollow Fury” by Sam W

There is so much hollow fury inside me.Hollow because the lights are out. There used to be lights inside of me but I short-circuited, and they all went out.Nobody knows how much fury I contain because there is no way to express it.A year of my life has dripped down the drain before it even had a chance to start.It happens, during power outages. Things break. Things fall.I am still falling.I was going to spend a year in Germany. I was going to work, I was going to meet new people, I was going to ga...

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“For Love” by Sam W

My family has, for at least ten generations, directly, indirectly and invariably, always married for love.But now that I’m walking up to the altar, none of those lovely people bothered to show.So it’s seventeen-year-old Henry’s arm that I lean on as I walk in time to the hymn towards Mr. Daniel Grün, his affluent older cousin. My fiancé of about three or four weeks.Yikes.I have to admit: right now, in this ridiculous dress and killer heels, in front of all these people, it does seem like a terrible idea. That’s...

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“Salamander” by Sam W

It started out between my fingers.I was down by the brook, swimming naked, because the bruises on my bones sang softer on water than land. I liked to swim. I liked the wet, so I didn’t think much of the moisture under my nails as I tugged on my shift. My toes squished in mud all the way up to the pens, so how was I to know that a thin, tender web of my own skin had sewed them together?There was already a bucket full of milk by the cow’s pen, and an empty milking stool by the cow. I jumped over the fence and untie...

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Author bio

Hello! Your friendly leftie writer, language aficionado and lover of art in all its forms. Ask me to read your stories, I love to leave comments! I'm kind of busy doing life and don't spend a lot of time browsing, so make yourself heard! It might take me a while but I will get to you. Comments and critique are also my favorite thing to receive. Ergo, I comment back as soon as I can:) If you would like a critique partner let me know at samiswritingatm@gmail.com If you would like one of your OCs to make an appearance in my stories, do me the honor of e-mailing their descriptions as well. I am in the process of making a magic survey portal through which you can drop your brain-children in the future.