Wesley Rock

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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“The Stoic Heart: A Tale of Unseen Battles, Survival and One Brief Smile” by Wesley Rock

Submitted to Contest #237

An icy fear washed over me the first time I stepped into my doctor's office in years. A few months after suffering major blood loss, I hoped to understand why my teeth, hair, and nails were deteriorating. An answer came swiftly."Your blood..." he gasped, staring at my file with wide, disbelieving eyes. "I don't understand how you're even alive."He explained that my hemoglobin levels were dangerously low – low enough that death was the most likely outcome. At those levels, my heart should have raced past 220 BPM to compensate for the blood lo...

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“A tragedy as beautiful as it was terrible” by Wesley Rock

Submitted to Contest #232

The tranquil lab was violently disrupted by the piercing ring of my phone. I quickly snatched it, knowing who was texting, my heart hammering. A digital drum roll building up to the defining milestone of my life's work. On the screen, the numbers displayed something unbelievable. My fruit flies, tiny symbols of my toil, had surpassed our most aggressive estimates for their lifespan, flourishing into their fifth year. They had defied time, living thirty times longer than usual, still buzzing in their enclosures showing no sign of age. New...

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