Teng Rong

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2024

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“The Halton Mine Incident” by Teng Rong

Submitted to Contest #255

This past weekend, I found a Spectator article from 1955. Supposedly 6 teenagers disappeared in the woods behind the mine, never to be seen again. Later that year, the Halton Copper Company declared bankruptcy. I am hoping you will know something about this mine. Articles, stories, rumors. Anything at all. Attached is a copy of Janet’s therapy journal I got from the OPP. I don’t expect it to be much help, but just in case. Please keep this between us. Dr. Anders Svenssen, M.D.[Start of Journal]September 23rd, 1988Sleep: 8 hours, refreshedMoo...

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“Succession” by Teng Rong

Submitted to Contest #239

This would be the first time she slept since the funeral. In her dream she'd pressed her cheek against the cold stone windowsill to watch the city streets below. The procession was already moving. A long line of black carriages. The afternoon sun, warm and dim. Thick smoke from the shipyards cast long, tawny shadows on the twin spires of the Royal Palace. The lead horse halts at the palace gates and suddenly she stands naked in front of it all. Flakes of soot fall spiraling like whirligigs. Peasants wailing and guards shouting. The voices of...

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“The Carcass” by Teng Rong

Submitted to Contest #238

Already it was dawn but the air was still cold and the rains were colder yet. I lay waiting for the children under the cover of a gnarled pine where the earth was dry and the darkness of night found its last respite. The rain fell in sheets. The scent of elk saliva and marmot droppings hung densely in the air the way a stillwater pond trapped the smell of fish and bugs. The graying dawn. I watched a trickle of rain run between the digits of my left paw. My belly growled. The rain slowed to a drizzle.By the time I heard them, the autumn sun h...

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Author of Brilliant White Peaks. Sometimes I write wolf stories, sometimes other things.