Alexis D. Cruz - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Weekly Contest #379

The last time I ever saw Camila, I’d officially been dead for as long as I’d been alive: twenty-eight years. But that day, I was a two-hundred-and-seventy-pound man. Very much breathing. Standing in the middle of a bedroom in a tiny Seattle apartment. I knew the man had died of a heart attack at forty because my supervisor slipped me his file that morning and said, “This one croaks at eight AM. Don’t be late.” I was never late. I reaped his soul on time—and borrowed his vessel. Without it, I couldn’t leave the apartment. Reaper souls are anc...

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SWEET HEART

Alexis D. Cruz

Winner of Weekly Contest #376 🏆

I wanted to tear his heart out. Watch the scarlet blood squirt from severed arteries and carve trails like rivers down my hand. Feel the thick muscle squirm, pump, thump—until it ceased to beat. I wanted to sink my teeth into the rubbery organ. Shred it. Chew it. Take my time. Let the iron coat my tongue. Feel the warmth slide down my throat. “So that’s me,” he said, snapping my attention back. He briefly touched the inside of my wrist, his touch as light as a butterfly’s wings, his head tilted. “What about you? What are you hoping to get ou...

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COMPANY CULTURE

Alexis D. Cruz

Weekly Contest #375

Dahlia Rojas pulled at her shirt’s collar, which dug into her neck every five seconds, ready to suffocate her. As much as she wanted to undo the top button, she couldn’t. The collar would droop otherwise, and she couldn’t let that happen. Not on her first day. The elevator doors to the sixth floor slid open, spitting her and the plump woman with a mousy face, who’d been assigned to help her onboard at Megalos, into a wide hallway lined on either side with rows upon rows of gray cubicles devoid of decoration, as bare as the white walls enclos...

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Author bio

By day, I’m a research scientist working in the fields of vaccine development and infectious diseases. By night, I’m a portrait and clay artist, as well as a voracious reader, drawn to fiction across a myriad of genres that hold up a mirror to the real world. As such, I have a huge interest in exploring how social, political, and economic systems and dynamics affect the everyday person through my writing. In particular, I'm drawn to stories about the people whose voices are often suppressed.

I don't believe in being boxed into any single genre, so I often find myself writing across horror, literary fiction, romance, fantasy, science fiction, and dystopia.

After working on several novels throughout the years, I am finally getting ready to publish my debut, The Town Across the River, a lit fic x dystopian sci fi, in ~Fall 2027.

If you're interested in following my work outside of Reedsy prompts, you can check out my TikTok and Instagram @ alexisdcruz.author

AND OF COURSE: NO AI IS USED IN ANY OF MY WORK.

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Weekly Contest #376

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