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Alexander Escobedo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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The Mender

To join the True Faithful a disciple must reject any doubts and turn the full force of their willpower into belief. The Sanctum was shrouded in the muggy, low lying mist following an inferno of a day. All of the Faithful, True and Unproven gathered in the sanctum’s testing grounds for another hopeful applicant. Mender’s Law ordained that no more than one person may take the test every day and every night. Galena watched from among the gaggle of newly Anointed. They had been urged and pressed against the railing surrounding the sunken ring by...

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Sleep Perchance

Submitted to Contest #47

You wake up, the sun is searing your face. The clock reads 2 am. You twist around to look out the window, seeing only your reflected face, twisted in agony. You wake up, your whole body is stiff. Your back is turned to the sound of shuffling feet outside your bedroom door. You get up, stark naked, and confront an endless darkness that has swallowed the rest of your home. You wake up and realize, that must have been a dream. Your arms are asleep and turning over is a struggle. There’s someone moving around outside your bedroom door. You shout...

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