V W

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Keterina” by V W

Submitted to Contest #77

Negative forty five degrees Celsius, the frosted thermometer read. Keterina swiped away the thin layer of snow with her wool mittens before turning to peer out at the morning sun. The golden rays of light illuminated the wide landscape in her backyard. Before her was a familiar picture of bluish-white snow, pine trees, and the small unpaved clearing to the main roads.That was all.The rural town of Oymyakon, Yakutia is the coldest place in the world and that is not an exaggeration. In 1933, they recorded the all-time low of negative sixty sev...

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“Finding Zen” by V W

Submitted to Contest #76

Stacy the gym instructor’s blue eyes flicked back and forth from gym member to attendance list, checking each name off with a ballpoint pen. She had gone done to the middle of the list when she stopped and winced. The name with a row of red x’s next to it irritated her like a stain on fresh laundry.“Pippa,” she mumbled. She hadn’t seen this student in over three weeks. Although she considered herself fairly lenient with absences, three weeks was almost too many. She could’ve saved her the embarrassment and just drop out instead. There were p...

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“Candlelit ” by V W

Submitted to Contest #76

"Your eyes look like they're glowing by the candle," said Claire."It's because I'm looking at you," said Jake."Oh...I,""Hey, don't hide behind the haystack. Look, I was just teasing you. It seems like you take me too seriously these days. We used to be able to relax around each other. Have I done anything lately to upend our friendship?""No, it's not you. I-I've been dealing with a lot lately. My grandma's been on my case about...the future,""The future? Is this about moving out of the countryside again? Tell her you're still trying to find ...

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“Nova” by V W

Submitted to Contest #74

The torrential rain hit him instantly as Leonard stood in front of his parent’s house. He had no recollection of how he got there, no idea of what he was doing a second before that moment. It was like his mind was wiped clean except for that one goal: to prevent the worst mistake of his life, and the awareness that the special golden watch in his hand had given him limited time to do it.A calm voice came from the watch. “Time Dilation commencing. “ Before his eyes the rain droplets froze in place. He gulped and told himself to breath. H...

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“Popeyes in New York” by V W

Submitted to Contest #59

The air was acrid, sullied by the smog from the city. He turned around and did a quick sweep over the entire apartment. It had been just 24 hours since they moved in to their tiny New York apartment. It had taken Barney and Sundrah months to find anything suitable and even then the tiny room wasn't much bigger than the pig pen back home. Sure he grew up in modest beginnings on a farm out in the countryside. But at least, he wrinkled his nose up in disdain, the place had character and a rhythm. You knew exactly when to wake up when the h...

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Author bio

I welcome fair constructive criticism. I have focused mainly on the basics of novel writing and overall story structures with the intent to publish a novel one day. That is where most of my critiques will be coming from if you're asking for them from me. I love and aspire to write commerical fiction. Though I don't do literary fiction, I feel like I can learn a lot from it, which is why I'm here. I look to improve upon my descriptions along with a lengthy list of other things. A few examples would be awkward sentences, transitions, and action/technical scenes. My goal at the moment is to look through each story and see a steady improvement with each one. Lastly, I think self-compassion and self-belief in the creative process is just as important as everything else, and I wish that for everyone looking to improve.