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D. J. Ryker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2025

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Under One Umbrella

It was cold. The kind of cold that doesn’t seem so bad at first, but slowly seeps through you clothes and freezes you to death. And it was raining. Because, why not? It was that annoying rain that wasn’t pouring, wasn’t misting, just a steady irritating drizzle that refused to stop or change in any way. At least, that’s how it was where we were. I couldn’t be sure of anywhere else. We were in London, the older downtown of London to be specific. There was seven of us, Braiden, shorter-than-average and the cracker of bad British jokes, Lily, ...

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Agent of Cyan-4

Weekly Contest #336

This isn't what I signed up for, but here I am. I had my whole life planned, but what was I to do. It all started one night when Cyan-4 twin moons were starting to drop below the horizon. I was awake, studying, when a sound reached my ears. It was not a unusual sound, but it made me curious. I stepped on to a anti-grav platform and it rose swiftly into the air, staying a few inches away from the wall of my room. The ceiling above me split, and the platform halted level with the roof. I stepped off and blinked. The twin moons, K-9 and K-10, b...

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