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Jessica Xie

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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That One Boy

Jessica Xie

Submitted to Contest #28

The dramafest started on the first day of preschool.I was crying and begging my mom to let me go back home and watch The Simpsons. We maneuvered through the halls and stopped at a small door.Mom opened the door and I stopped sobbing immediately. The room, although small, was full of joy. There were about twenty other small children. Most of them were still crying, but there were a few who were playing happily with others. Along one wall were stacks and stacks of wooden letter blocks, lined neatly on a shelf. In a corner were pots of finger p...

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The Sword of Light

Jessica Xie

Sweat dripped down my forehead as I hammered out a sword on an anvil. It was a magnificent one. It was three feet tall, and yet, it felt light as a feather. The steel glowed red-hot with edges as sharp as razors.  I finished hammering it and dunked it in oil. The liquid boiled and steamed. Quickly, I yanked it out and set it gently on a table. Turning around, I tore off my heavy gloves and dropped them in a bucket. In the bucket were fourteen other pairs of gloves. I was still trying to find a pair I liked, and I still haven’t found one...

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82 Passengers

Jessica Xie

I climbed on the big, blocky red train at 11:30. It was heading for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where my grandmother lived along with three dogs, five cats, four hamsters, and a parakeet. I was pushed and jostled by other passengers, and as I passed other compartments, I could see every person in their compartments. I had a gift for numbers, therefore being able to analyze exactly how many people there were, or exactly what time it was, down to the very second. As a child, I had figured out that I had so far 3,472 legos, fifty-three Shopkins, and ...

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