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Skott's Ghost

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2022

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The Understudy

Submitted to Contest #257

Half an hour has passed, and the entire cast's seething resentment towards Owen, the now former actor of main character Hamlet, remains unabated. Owen was expelled after allegedly disfiguring a fellow student in a horrifying act of bullying that shook the entire campus since the news broke out. To make matters worst, the expulsion occurred as the cast began wrapping up the final chapter of the famous Shakespeare tragedy, which means they have to start all the way over from the beginning, and a new actor needed to be picked, dragging Director...

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Mom.

Submitted to Contest #221

[WARNING: mentions the loss of a child.]Exactly thirteen days have gone by since Cibil had to lay her eight year old daughter, Naomi, to rest since the day she succumbed to her leukemia. For all thirteen days, she remained paralyzed in her unkempt spring mattress, hugging the oversized, stuffed alien plush doll Naomi would prioritize over everything else, even her mother, Cibil.Cibil hadn't stopped crying since the funeral. Even as her eyes swelled, and her head began beating slowly in pain, the tears constantly flooded her eyes from below.C...

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POLTERGa.iST 2123

Submitted to Contest #215

The battered SUV rumbled down the dark, deserted, murky dirt road outside Vernyn in the year 2123. Rain pelted the windshield, the digital display on the dashboard flickering as they approached their destination. Zephyr Voss gripped the steering wheel, eyes fixed on the towering, dilapidated mansion that loomed in the distance.Inside the SUV, the giant stereo speaker in the back seat throbbed with a bass-heavy rhythm, drowning out the patter of rain. Astra Synth, her fingers dancing over a holographic interface, adjusted the music's frequenc...

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The Rebel and The Disc Jockey in: The Human Gathering of Cerberus

Submitted to Contest #205

[this is a sequel to a previous entry that can be found on my profile, also called "The Rebel and The Disc Jockey".] The sight of her parents' mutilated bodies lingered in her mind like a haunting nightmare—a relentless reminder of the cruelty they had endured. Alone amidst this desolate night, Vivi's gaze darted through the shadows as she clutched onto that radio speaker for dear life. Her heart pounded in her chest like a symphony of anguish and rage, a rhythm driving both determination and despair. Whispering into the darkness surroundi...

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Memories From The Trainee Days

Submitted to Contest #201

TW: MENTIONS OF BULLYING Seungkwan anxiously paced back and forth in her dressing room, heart pounding with a mix of excitement and nervousness. She reached for her phone, a trembling hand opening the video call app. With a deep breath, she tapped her father's contact and watched as his face appeared on the screen. "Dad!" Seungkwan exclaimed, a smile breaking through her apprehension. "I just finished my first live performance! Can you believe it?" Her father's eyes twinkled with pride as he leaned closer to the screen. "Seungkwan, my litt...

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The Rebel and The Disc Jockey

Submitted to Contest #184

The principle marches into her office where Vivi is forced to remain seated after being sent for dismembering a classmate with a shovel for terrorizing a foreign exchange student with a dissected frog."So," the principle starts, pacing back and forth next to Vivi, "why do you think you're in here?""because you love me? shit I-D-K!" Vivi responds sarcastically after an unnecessarily long, deep sigh.The principle slams her fist down on her desk in a sudden fit of rage over Vivi's behavior."No, smartass! You're being expelled and arrested for h...

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Coined Terms

Submitted to Contest #180

[TW: War]Real life in a besieged city has never sounded like a fun idea for me. Life in a besieged city within a video game, however, was something I could sit down and enjoy for hours on end. This isn't a video game, though. But it is real, and much like the character in the video game, I'm all alone. My father was killed by a missile while out scavenging for food last year, and my mom.. well, she passed away when I was four years old, way before America collapsed after entering its second civil war. I'm 15 now, and as much as I want to end...

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Soul Bears

Submitted to Contest #178

An unknown force created four souls for 4 dolls out of thin air. A panda named peter Panda, a Black bear named Artie, a polar bear named May, and a red panda action figure named Red, were all suddenly alive but with translucent bodies, looking at their own actual, inanimate bodies on a hospital bed next to a girl they quickly recognized as their best friend. "Hi," uttered a seemingly sad humanoid resembling a generic angel as she approached the dolls from behind. "I understand that none of you can speak, so let me explain since you are all a...

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