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Alice Hansen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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Rose Tinted

Submitted to Contest #96

I don’t know how long I’ve been here. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be here for. Maybe this is it, my tiny universe, and I’m the only planet. A lonely, dying planet, on the brink of extinction from this desolate existence. I orbit, spinning and spinning for all eternity, lost and confused, knowing nothing, knowing no one. Unable to recall anything but the confines of my own mind. I’ve been here, I think, since I was a child. Maybe since I was born. Bright new eyes searching in the darkness, finding nothing but the walls that confine me....

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Saying Goodbye

Dear John, It’s been a year since you died.  You were my best friend. I mean, you know that, obviously, but, uh, it’s a nice thing to say. A nice thought to have, I think. I know you don’t really care to hear this, but your mother and I actually really get along. Actually, it’s not really fair for me to say what you would and wouldn’t care about, since I clearly didn’t know you as well as I thought I did, but you made it pretty clear how you felt about her. She’s not as bad as you made her out to be. Or, at the very least, she’s a lo...

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Mildred Banks Loses Everything

Submitted to Contest #95

The Banks family, like so many others, were undoubtedly miserable. Walter Banks, the head of the household, was a cruel man. He was a corrupt businessman that wanted nothing more than to make a profit at the expense of well meaning families who truly cannot stand to lose said money. He inherited a fortune as a young man, and learned how easy it is to fall victim to greed. He didn’t do anything if it didn’t help him accumulate some amount of wealth, especially if it made others lose their money. For all intents and purposes, he was no more t...

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