Shiloh Avery

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“The Execution” by Shiloh Avery

Submitted to Contest #241

No one breathes. Our eyes dart nervously about the innocuously painted cinderblock room, borrowed for the evening like a casserole dish for a pot luck. But we know there’s powder in here, we taste hints of it in the air. We hold our breath. We don’t post flags. We don’t wear themed garments of war. We don’t line up behind our respective champions. We keep our sweaty palms stuffed in our pockets, out of reach of our neighbors; we refuse to harmonize. We reserve our smiles and nod instead for greeting to each other, ju...

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“Advice from the Clouds” by Shiloh Avery

Submitted to Contest #240

The first time I found myself face to face with a cloud, I tried to punch it. I figured that was the correct course of action after being plucked so unceremoniously, it seemed to me, from the platitude of normal life. It turns out though, as I discovered that first time, that clouds cannot be satisfactorily punched. Not that I would know precisely how it felt to satisfactorily punch a thing, having never previously punched anything, but still I expected some resistance on its part to being walloped. It wasn’t the cloud’s fault...

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