Sapphire Burgess

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Heads Up!” by Sapphire Burgess

Submitted to Contest #95

“Heads or tails?” I look up in disbelief. “You’re letting a coin determine my future?” I demand. “Now who said anything about your future?” she quirks up a brow. I narrow my eyes in a hopefully intimidating way. “Fine,” she mockingly holds her hands up. “But we’ve been analyzing every possible situation and reason,” she says while gesturing to the papers around us, “and we’ve gotten nowhere.” I hated it when she made sense. I glance around the apartment and do a double-take, as if just now noticing how cluttered it was....

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“Piano Frustration” by Sapphire Burgess

Submitted to Contest #54

I glare at the notes until I get cross-eyed. The trill in particular seems to be mocking me. Not that there’s anything wrong with the trill, I mean I love a good trill, but it’s the grace notes that follow are bothering me. Now those are definitely there to spite me. Oh, how Mozart must be snickering at me. I take a deep breath in an attempt to regain myself. Not today, Wolfgang. Frustration will lead you nowhere, I remind myself. I used to think that that wasn’t the case. Truthfully, I still think that. Anyone could do some good wi...

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