Mel Kennedy

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Diner” by Mel Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #249

Music blares from the rental car as she speeds down the highway, singing along with a smile on her face.This is her first trip abroad in years and she feels younger for it.Messages ping up on her phone as she weaves through the other cars; messages from the friends she is due to meet up with in two days.In the distance, the sun is beginning to set, but there is still more than enough time to reach the next city to turn in for the night.Her music cuts off abruptly as the sat nav takes over,“Take the nex...

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“Paradise Lost” by Mel Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #248

The sun - a red sun, it turns the sand the colour of blood. Red, the colour of blood. Blood, the warm liquid that ran down her hands and arms the day the raiders came. A blood soaked world. She doesn’t like the colour red. She walks steadily down an old highway, eyes shielded by a worn out baseball cap. Her hands are covered with solid leather gloves, a long, torn jacket protecting her body despite the unbearable heat. Her clothes have seen better days. How many people have worn them before her? Judging by the claw marks, a fair ...

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“HAL-2315” by Mel Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #247

Prepare to enter hyperspeed.Thump. Thump. Thump.My heart races faster and faster as the computer completes its final calculations.Countdown.Five. Four. Three. Two. One.Hyperspeed activated.Between one breath and the next, I am travelling faster than the speed of light. I can’t help the yell of pure exhilaration as I shoot by stars and planets.This is the furthest anyone has been into this sector - I’m off the known map of the galaxy, so many years from home. Hyperspeed deactivated - you have reached your destination.“We’re here, we actu...

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Author bio

I love to write in my spare time... I recently published a poetry pamphlet!