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Kat S

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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Cry Baby

The theater is bursting with people, and my daughter is bursting with tears. People keep scooching past our aisle-seat to reach the middle seats. Excuse me, pardon me... It's as though the rows were designed with stick people in mind. Anything possessing more than 2 dimensions being stuck awkwardly side-walking, brushing legs with any number of strangers.My anxiety rises, and I apologize to each body that moves past me for my daughter's shrill screams... Rising like a flare in the sky above the murmuring and chattering of the pre-show audien...

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Writing the Future

Weekly Contest #62

I used to think the future was set in stone, but now I’m not so sure... I was involved in an “incident”. The documents regarding my identity said I was trafficked from Cambodia in a shipping-freight before becoming a human lab-rat… I only know this because I stole the papers before escaping. How did I get out? I don’t know, I forget the details. Whatever they did to me, something changed: I can see the future… and at the time, I saw a way out. I took it, and here I am. But I must clarify, seeing “the future” implies there is only one… But ...

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The First of Many

Weekly Contest #57

"Give it up for Ellias Verone!!" The crowd goes wild, clapping, cheering, crying. From behind a towering, black curtain, a speck appears on the stage. Rows of people stretch on and on, all staring at the massive monitors, broadcasting the tall, dark and handsome figure for all to see. His stoic expression cracking slightly as he fights off the wave of emotions... Excitement, confidence, honor and... Uncertainty. "Thank you, thank you all. It means so much for me to be here, on the global stage... Ushering in a new time... The time of t...

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