Sarah Van Langenhoven

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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“Picture beneath the oak tree” by Sarah Van Langenhoven

“Honey, what’s this?”, she asked softly as her eyes glazed over something flimsy between her shaky fingers. I watched her standing there for a moment, the scent of old belongings and dust mingling in the breeze racing through the crumbling apartment she called home up until recently, flowing swiftly past me and dancing in a circle in the room around her. The silhouette of the woman I used to know had changed much the last few years, but seeing her in this light in front of my old window, it truly hit me. The woman before me, she had grown ol...

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“The Night Watch” by Sarah Van Langenhoven

Submitted to Contest #213

I held her pressed up against my chest, my arms tightly locked around her as if to trap her there for an eternity to come, but it only lasted a moment. The moment and my grip faded, time slipped between my fingers and before I realised, she had moved back to sit beside me, I found my arms empty.“I never took you for the sentimental fellow.” She jested, a gentle chuckle escaping her lips, blending into the crackling of the fire before us. “Thought you’d nearly squeeze me to death there.” I looked at her and forced the corners of my mouth to r...

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Aspiring fantasy and science-fiction author.