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Erin Warren

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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Long and Lenient

Erin Warren

Submitted to Contest #37

It was the summer of 2005 when my biggest secret significantly changed my life. It wasn’t that I told my best friend, or that she didn’t keep it to herself...despite all my bickering for her to lock her lips, she told my other friends.That didn’t bother me. What bothered me is that this minuscule, little detail of my private life became the biggest factor of who I really am to people. I didn’t get it. I kept it to myself for 17 years of my life and now, now it was printed all over me. What is surprising is that I remember every detail o...

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Who Loves Me More?

Erin Warren

Submitted to Contest #28

Seventy-two degrees, seven o’clock, the sun’s rays peak over the clouds to expose the creation of a pink fire setting over the farm. I watched the sky as its vibrant colors ran through my being, soothing my anxiety from my long day at work. Unable to capture this moment completely, I was suddenly startled by a touch on my shoulder. His plump lips start to speak under his beard, and I could hardly keep up with the dominance in his voice. Once I started to understand, I could not fathom the forbidden words he was using against my parents. He w...

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Young and Brave

Erin Warren

“It was seven o’clock on a Sunday night and the sun crawled through the thin shades. Marking its harsh territory on my bed, I lay down as stiff as a rock and swallow the lump of spit that I had accumulated in my throat. My heart almost bursting, I had a gut feeling he was coming back. He told me he would be five minutes but sometimes it was longer. I was trying to think about ways to get away and maybe this time I did have time to escape.” The victim explained on the stand. “I was not sure what to do but like I said, my gut was telling ...

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