Zoe C

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“The 15 Commandments” by Zoe C

Submitted to Contest #230

People are impossible to pin down, but lists are black and white, no grey areas. Soon I will break out of this prison, they don’t call me a mad genius for nothing. Well, sometimes they forget the term genius. They will learn. I, Lex Luthor, shall rule over  Metropolis first and then the world. These are my commandments. God only had 10, I have 15! Thou shalt not wear thy underpants outside thy trousers.  Why do some people feel a need to overshare in public? They are deviants and should be named and shamed. Are we dealing with ...

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“Herbie has a feast” by Zoe C

Submitted to Contest #228

-Come on Herbie, hurry up,but careful you don’t cut yourself…you’re looking especially sharp today! There was laughter, as usual. Good humored, but still directed at me.  What must I look like? Trying to impress at our company's annual conference in the swanky Olympus Hotel. Our new range of coffee fizzy drinks was being launched and we had each been given a small sample at the entrance.The pilot batch was selling well and I vaguely recalled once joking to my boss about making carbonated coffee. She had rolled her eyes, but six months...

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“First Snowfall ” by Zoe C

Submitted to Contest #227

First Snowfall  We looked at each other in hesitant expectation, Flora grasped one curtain while I held the other and on the count of three we drew them back with a dramatic flourish. The morning window had come alive with blossoming swathes of clear ferns and fronds that glinted and dazzled with unfathomably complex etched patterns. Flora hung back amazed, but I put my head close to the glass, until I could feel the chill burning from it. I stuck out my tongue, and the pink tip touched the ice cold, sending an electric thrill through...

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Author bio

I’m a full time writer, in as much as I think about writing full time, but have other stuff to do. I love reading fiction and non fiction and am in the process of writing a novel set in eighteenth century London.