Tanya Larsen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Sunshine on My Shoulder” by Tanya Larsen

Submitted to Contest #99

Sunshine on My Shoulder By: Tanya Larsen The sun bore down unrelenting, highlighting every crack and crevice in the dry earth Below. The only moisture to be had were the sparse droplets of sweat gathering at his bushy brow. It was wetter here than in his mouth, where his slightly swollen tongue held residence. He wondered if cracks would begin to appear on his tongue as they appeared on the rain barren earth on which he had been walking for what seemed an eternity. Mathers would not allow himself to do the desert cliché and look up int...

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“Pitter Patter” by Tanya Larsen

Submitted to Contest #97

Pitter Patter By: Tanya Larsen “Tap, tap, tap.” Linda heard the sound and groaned inwardly. Terror crept up into every nook of her body. Barely able to bring the covers any tighter against her grizzled, gray hair, she let out a whimper without realizing it and ended up scaring herself with the foreign sound. She wished she could scream, 'GO AWAY!' but knew from previous instances that this would only enrage whoever or whatever this was. She held her breath for what seemed like hours, the silence heavy with dread. “Tap, tap, t...

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“Whispers” by Tanya Larsen

Submitted to Contest #46

Tangi lightly caressed the cold, metal keys of the old Smith-Corona she had used so many years ago. She gazed at her long, thin fingers and watched sadly as dust fell from the tips. So much wasted time. It had been too long. There wasn't a day that went by that she didn't have a new idea gnawing at the back of her mind for a story. She, too often, had ignored and put off the urge to write. Tangi smiled at the thought that this would be a new start. Her husband, now gone for well over two years, had always encouraged her to write, but, li...

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“Changing Spaces” by Tanya Larsen

Submitted to Contest #23

They stared each other down. Blue eyes met brown with a fierceness that could cut glass. How had they ended up in this predicament? Enemies for longer than they could remember, relying on one another for survival. Joe's knowledge of all things survival made him invaluable in their current situation. Manni's supplies, cabin and only water supply gave Joe a leg up in this crisis that he was not willing to sever.Basic words were the key, at this point. A series of grunts and acknowledgments were all that had passed between them for the three da...

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