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A. V. Jung

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2026

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How It Is

There she is. I can’t help but stare at her face. The wrinkles and sunspots change so much about the face, but it’s still her. I can still see the small scar from when she fell down running away from the neighbor’s dog. Her eyes are still that same hazel, brown with specks of green, that always attracted all of the boys in school. She’s still that same girl I have always known.  I can’t remember the last time we saw each other like this. The last time we talked without an agenda, bare and open. I always believed that no one could possib...

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The Honorable Ones

Weekly Contest #368

There I was, minding my own business, when suddenly I felt this sharp shooting pain in my back. I whipped my head around to see this puny child, no more than four-and-ten years of age, standing there clutching a sword in both of his hands. “Did you just stab me?” His mouth fell open and his legs started shaking. “Are you deaf, boy? I asked if you just stabbed me.” I didn’t really need an answer. I saw the blood gushing out of my back where he landed the blow.  “I-I-I-I,” he stuttered. “You-you-you-you,” I mocked. “Spit it out! You can’t...

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Today

Weekly Contest #367

You’re awake.  Why? You are in your room. It’s dark. No signs of the sun peeking over the horizon. You reach for your phone to check the time, but then you hear it. The voices echoing through the hallway.  Mama. Pops.  Mother. Father. It must be late. Still today. Not tomorrow. You close your eyes, willing yourself to go back to sleep. If you fall asleep now, did it really happen?  It was part of a dream.  A nightmare.  Right? It doesn’t work. Your eyes open on their own accord, and you notice the touch of light...

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