Y. Zhan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Purple Ticket ” by Y. Zhan

Submitted to Contest #240

I look out at a vast blue ocean from the window of my train. The water rolls and tumbles over itself in smooth, gentle pillows. It does not break into white peaks or crash angrily along the rocky shoreline as I expect it to. Instead, it remains still as I travel alongside it, as if waiting for me to react first. It wins. I cannot help but give it attention. I feel strange not doing so, for though the ocean is vast, it is fleeting to my eyes. I worry it will be far behind me if I blink. And I cannot put more behind me. A sheet of ...

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“The Siren and the Fisherman” by Y. Zhan

Submitted to Contest #165

The waves were rising and falling under the light of the moon, crashing onto the deck of the pier. White froth spilled onto a land unknown to Moria as the wind whistled an out of tune melody. The sea, untamed and rageful, sliced over the jagged rocks that lined the nearby shore. It was a lonely night. A dark one. But Moria knew Haleth would come. He always did. Sliding off of the rock she was resting on, she slipped soundlessly into the dark waters below, letting the cool liquid sooth the deep green scales on her tail an...

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Y Zhan.