Zilla Babbitt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (48)

48 Stories

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“The Desert Mouse” by Zilla Babbitt

Submitted to Contest #8

The mellow sun rises over the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert. Dawn.Over a ridge, far in the midst of the desert, peeks a small golden desert mouse. It gazes over the rippling sea of sand, rubs its nose, cocks its head, and does an about-face to go back down to its hole alongside the oasis.It freezes suddenly as a slender, striking, evil head rises menacingly before the mouse. It is one of the Yellow Snakes; snakes so venomous it can kill a man in thirty seconds. Carnivorous, the Yellow Snake flicks its tongue in the direction of the mou...

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“Moon Watch” by Zilla Babbitt

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #3

“Why do you wear a man’s watch?” I asked my grandmother as she tucked me into bed. She placed my Blankie next to me and my three-year-old fist curled around it. “So that I can tell you when you need to go to bed,” she replied. “She doesn’t care when you go to bed,” said my grandfather, pulling the covers over my head and tickling me through the quilt that his mother had made, long ago.  My grandmother laughs and ushers him out, and flicks off the light behind her. “Goodnight, honey,” “Goodnight, Meemee,” I say quietly.I fiddled with Bla...

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“Walking Alone” by Zilla Babbitt

Submitted to Contest #1

My dearest baby daughter, In sixteen years your father will give this letter to you. You don't know me, and may never know. I am your mother. Why should I write to you? Why should I ever make myself known to you? I do so because I love you. I do so because I want you to know that I love the gray drizzle of rain in the early morning and the music of Beethoven. I do so because of an old yellow umbrella I once owned as a child. I could not bear it if you knew nothing of me. I could not bear it if I did not tell you the story of m...

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Author bio

🌻 Soli Deo Gloria! Interested in longer versions of my work? I published a novella, Broken Sky, Dec. 2020. In it, a boy and a dog are abandoned in the arid Texan wilderness. Please leave a review if you have the time ❤️ www.amazon.com/dp/B08R6M8J6B/ I had up to 221 stories on my profile by March 2021. I left the ones I truly love.

Winning 2 stories 🏆

Contest #36
Kiss of the Snake – read story
Contest #13
Queen Cymbeline – read story

Shortlisted 8 stories ⭐️

Contest #91
La Tempestad – read story
Contest #57
That Dogwood Town – read story
Contest #35
Lion Bark Garden – read story
Contest #29
The Burning Avocado Tree – read story
Contest #23
Zenobia Harsch Has No Idea She's Dead – read story