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Dakota Nugent

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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The Search

Submitted to Contest #119

How Mia ended up chasing a sound that may not even be real through her house, she’ll never know. It was her day off from work and all she wanted was to enjoy it by reading a book or watching television. Yet, a high-pitched whine distracted her from doing just that. She had walked through the entire house looking for whatever was causing it. When she first noticed it, she was in the living room, happily reading an old childhood favorite of hers. Mia tried to ignore it at first, but after having to read the same page multiple times, she just c...

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Sea Scales

Submitted to Contest #118

Risk walked along the coast of the abandoned coastline. Her boat and fellow crew-members were far back at where they made landfall. On their way back to their homeland, the lookout had spotted an unfamiliar island in the distance. Despite traveling this route for years, the Captain had admitted that he’d never even seen such a place. The trees were tall with wide, fan-like leaves that swayed in the gentle wind. The second Risk had set foot on the island, it had felt like the temperature had been raised significantly. Still humid beyond belie...

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Giving a World

A completely and utterly normal apartment. That was where Merit wanted to be more than anywhere else in the world. Despite the wonder and amazing sights she saw on a daily basis at her job, her apartment held the most amazing of them all. She giggled at the thought of how her girlfriend would react to what she managed to bring home today. Well, sneak out is more appropriate, but only Merit knew that. Her girlfriend just assumed she was allowed to bring stuff like this home occasionally. It was just a small cube, but it opened to send out a ...

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