Tella Artlauf

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“I'm awake!” by Tella Artlauf

Submitted to Contest #291

Trigger warnings: car crash, drowning. Dark clouds hung in the distance over the ocean. Waves were crashing on the hard-packed sand, much bigger than I’d ever seen. I was a passenger in my cousin’s old, yellow VW bus as she drove us along the low road that seemed it might get washed away by a strong high tide any day. We loved that road, and her bus, almost as much as the shore. Racing the storm, we wanted to reach our favorite rocky outcropping to watch it. Although we suspected the drive might be scary, those waves were utterly terrifying....

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“Near Miss” by Tella Artlauf

Submitted to Contest #288

How many years had they known and loved each other? Close to thirty. They were kids then (well, mid-20s). Grown-ups now, whatever that means. They’d “dated” back then, off and on, but never exclusively, so had never broken up. No need to break up if you’re not together. They drifted in and out of each other’s lives in a good way. But the last decade had proven harder to keep in touch. They had met face-to-face just three times and chatted on the phone a few times more. On one particular call when he was literally on the other side of the wor...

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Author bio

Finance professional planning an escape into authorship. New to sharing. Thrilled and terrified.