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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020
Submitted to Contest #55
There was a new guy in Olivia’s class. Nobody knew where he came from or who he was. He just appeared on Wednesday followed by Mrs. Stevens who introduced him as Andrew. Andrew Collins. Andrew Collins had short brown hair and hazel eyes, and seemed a bit too muscular for an average teenage boy of 16. He was also talkative. Andrew didn’t shy away from other students, like Olivia expected him to at first. It was quite the opposite. He asked and asked, and talked as if trying to learn as much on his first day about their small town as it wa...
Submitted to Contest #51
Like most of her days, Maya was woken up by a scream. For several seconds she just lay there; her heartbeat echoing in her ears; her body cold with fear. The cries only grew louder. She got up. A pile of dirty dishes was lying in their kitchen sink. The stove was smeared with something that looked a lot like porridge. Mother, dressed in a dressing gown that should had been thrown away ages ago, was sweeping broken glass of the floor as Eva cried her lungs out as if being tortured. It probably said a lot that Maya wasn’t even surprised....
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