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Cade Holter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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Dark Penance

Weekly Contest #215

This story contains references to the sexual abuse of children. Reader discretion is advised.The Devil came to him in a desert. The sky was blank and bright, blinding blue, with a sun that shone harshly upon a pale ground spider webbed with large cracks. Before The Devil came he saw mountains surrounding him, him and the small, upturned boat that pressed against his naked back. A high ringing sound filled his ears, constant and grating, and he saw black smoke spiralling up in massive plumes that blocked the horizons view.“Thomas Haig.” Came ...

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Guys Night

This story contains graphic violence and sexual content that may not be suitable for all readers.“Why did you bring her here!”I’m hardly a tall man, but Beau is so big he has to crouch through doorways to get into places. The low ceiling of this little closet space only serves to force his head and shoulders to hunch forward, which has the unfortunate effect of making him loom over me, blocking the free hanging lightbulb in such a way that I can see light strands beaming from behind his head.He’s in front of the door and, I feel intolerably...

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Handy Helpers

Weekly Contest #213

I don’t want to reel my hands in tonight.That may sound odd to you, but I’m being entirely serious. Since the age of thirteen I’ve had hands that can detach at the wrist, connected only by a pair of loose, red strings. This is normal for me, though it took a fair amount of time for me to really warm up to the concept, something not especially helped by my first impression of it. The night I found this strange part of my anatomy was a particularly burning summer, one that leaked into the night well past the time that the moon rose up. I was l...

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