Tad Pole

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“the murder of a reputation” by Tad Pole

CW: implied suicide, heavily referenced rape, mentioned sexual violence, bad mental health, physical harm/assault--- You are sitting on a bench. The metal is cold, seeping through your pants and into your skin. Your breath comes out slow and measured, clouds of condensed air pouring from your mouth like smoke. You aren’t wearing gloves, and the air bites at your fingers until they are bruised blue and purple. You don’t want to get up. Maybe if you stay here, you will die where no one can find you. If you’re dead, no one can tell you h...

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“the color of blood” by Tad Pole

Submitted to Contest #215

CW: blood, gore, murder, cannibalism---The taste of it haunts his dreams. It sits there, taunting him, waiting for him to break. It screams at him with blood-red lips, claret-tinted spit landing on his face, in his mouth. He can feel it slipping down his face in thick tendrils of warmth, a metallic wetness flooding his mouth.He opens his eyes and licks his lips, tasting the skin. He bites down, lightly, then harder, and harder, and harder. He stops when he tastes blood. Stops, because if he doesn't do it now, he will most certainly cont...

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hi :)