Yuri Malitsky

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2025

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“The Inheritance Car” by Yuri Malitsky

Submitted to Contest #293

Rain pattered on the midnight blue hood of the 1967 Cadillac DeVille. Eliza Thorne sat behind the wheel, key hovering near the ignition, as water streamed down the windshield in rivulets that distorted the view of her mother's Boston brownstone. The funeral had ended hours ago. The other mourners had long since departed for their hotels or homes, leaving only Eliza and this car—her inheritance. She knew what would happen when she turned the key. Family legend was explicit: the first time a new owner drove the Cadillac alone, the previous own...

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“Pigments of the Past” by Yuri Malitsky

Submitted to Contest #292

The forbidden wing of the Imperial Archives smelled of forgotten things—dust with undertones of leather, iron, and the faint chemical tang of preservation spells. Elara's lantern cast trembling shadows across shelves crowded with artifacts officially labeled as "historically insignificant"—the Empire's bureaucratic euphemism for knowledge deemed too dangerous to circulate yet too valuable to destroy completely. Her forged permission slip had worked; the afternoon guard had barely glanced at the curator's mimicked signature before waving her ...

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