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Em Stolt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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Burning

“Burned” The isles of the store were nearly empty, most of the food being frozen and decomposed. The light of my H-SUIT reflected off the icy metal shelves. I had eaten all of the freshla from the store closest to my home, so I walked twelve miles to get to this one. The sky was its usual dark, but when I looked through the store's broken roof, I swear I could see stars through the clouds.     “Ahhh, there it is,” I turned the corner and found three packets of the life-saving food on one of the shelves. Grabbing the f...

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Different

Submitted to Contest #105

It all started normal. Every day of every week, the same. Month after month, year after year. The same. It happened fast. The day the rhythm stopped, and his life was changed forever. He was walking. His mind clouded with the events of the day. All the same. He checked his watch. It was the same watch he had bought ten years ago. The day he got the job. An ordinary job. Lots of papers, lots of work. Never changing. The job paid well, just enough to pay the bills and feed him. He didn’t own a car. He didn’t need one. He walked everywhere, eve...

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