Stefan Matthews

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Puzzles and Poems” by Stefan Matthews

Submitted to Contest #46

I hear her from outside the Church door. Shuddering, wrapped in winter clothing leant listening against the door, entranced, and when it opens I fall in, colliding with her onto the ground, crazed, entwined with one another. Woollen hat sails across the room, coated in snow brought in on the sharp wind that blows in, in from the bitter Winter once kept at bay by the door I stumble through. On the ground with me, the poem I had fallen for, crumpled, folded up. Desperate, my gloves smooth her out, pale parchment, and hand her back to the wom...

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“Autonomy” by Stefan Matthews

Submitted to Contest #6

“William Morris once called Bibury the most beautiful village in England.” SUSIE was busy explaining the appeal of the Cotswolds to Biff, who had found an old signpost marked “Welcome to Bibury” and was proceeding to rip it from its pole and store it away.The other two listened with varying interest; Nelly’s interest had been piqued when Susie mentioned William Morris’ trade as a textiles worker, though she subsequently lost interest after that. CF6, on the other hand, hung on every word SUSIE said. SUSIE was very knowledgeable about humans,...

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