Veronique Racine

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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“LET THERE BE LIGHT” by Veronique Racine

Submitted to Contest #232

They said we had enough light for another billion years. Yeah, what did they know? Science was finding all the answers, trust in science. But they didn’t know squat. They were blind, deaf and dumb, trying to make us believe they were enlightened.That they had seen the light. How beautifully ironic. They spouted off a million theories, why the Sun was becoming red, why the heat was going, why the star that had seen us grow from protozoaic goo to arrogant bipeds was snuffing itself out. They had theories, not solutions. No ...

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“One Way Out” by Veronique Racine

Submitted to Contest #219

(trigger warning: violence) Mo wasn’t sleeping when they came. These days sleep did not come to him as easily, and it wasn’t only because his wife had to use the restroom every two hours , being so close to the due date. Problems just seemed to pile up, worries gnawed at him day and night, and his own thoughts appalled him. He had always been the strong one… His father had told him, long ago: “Some men are born to be boys all their lives, live in the moment, never ponder on the consequences of their actions, thinkin...

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“FRIGORI MORTIS” by Veronique Racine

Submitted to Contest #218

FRIGORI MORTIS My eyes opened, or did they? I could not see anything. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to see, or was expecting to see.But when I lift my eyelids, I expect some kind of image to appear in front of me. Nothing. I felt my breath shot back at me, I realized that there was something very wrong with me. My mind was slow and numb and I had trouble pinpointing what was off, except that I could not-see-a-single-thing. When I tried to move, I understood. There was no movement possible. I was surround...

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