Veronica Faline

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Trespassers” by Veronica Faline

Submitted to Contest #260

Don’t go into the woods. Warning bells ring repeatedly in my head. Yet, I'm drawn to this place, like a moth to a flame. “Tribal Park, No Trespassers Allowed.” The placard in front of the trail reads. “We can’t go in?” I ask my fiancé Brian and his group of friends. They all laugh at my expense. “Lilly, don't start already.” Toby rolls his eyes in my direction. “Every year we do a group trip. Any newbies must pass this initiation. Just like Candace. What, two years ago now?” John adds, pointing to a blonde woman I met onl...

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“Hope is Dead” by Veronica Faline

Submitted to Contest #255

BANG!  My eyes fly open at the sound of a gunshot ringing out in the night. My body is filmed with cold sweat, my heart races, and the memories that haunt my nights send tears burning to the surface. The past is forever tightening a noose around my neck, choking me until I can’t breathe again and again. No matter how fast I sprint, I can never outrun it. No matter where I go, it finds me.  You’d think it would get better with time, yet every night I have to relive it. My body rocks back and forth in a futile search for comfort. “Pr...

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“Shhh” by Veronica Faline

Submitted to Contest #240

Shhh A chill wind slaps her hair into her face. The strands are offensively straight, chopped off with the snip of the scissors. Shhh, the sound of it still echoes. With each strand cut loose, the sharp metal whispered to the hair to be quiet. Quiet the crying, quiet the stories you hold, quiet your ancestors, and quiet the generations to come. Hair is her lifeline, just as it was her parents’ and their parents’ before them. Generations dating back from before history was written grew into those strands of hair. Past, present, and future wer...

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Author bio

My name is Veronica. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I currently reside with my husband, child, and dogs in Arizona where I’m reconnecting with my Mexican and Native roots. You might find me fighting evil by moonlight or winning love by daylight.