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Kay Valentine

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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The Underground Library of The South New Order

Submitted to Contest #251

The mission was simple: destroy. The savage men who stood, arm-in-arm, were locked, stone-faced and stoic, blocking the perimeter of the only standing hospital of the South New Order. Sweat beamed down their brown, marred foreheads, stinging the open wounds that marked their unreadable faces. They’re not men, they told us. Look at them! They aren’t human! I looked into one pair of eyes - golden, deep and mysertious, but vulnerably pleading with me, wordless. What could I do? These could be the men who butchered my brother. These could be the...

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The Tunnel

Submitted to Contest #215

Her scuffed-up skater shoes tapped delicately through the streets of her neighborhood. Tulips and orchids, pink and orange lined the yards of the quaint houses. She walked from Maple Street to Smith Avenue, then crossed the main road to reach the lake at the center of her community. She liked to stop and take a breath, feel the wind on her skin, and hear the sounds of the birds calling and the water washing over the rocks. She’d pick one up, make a wish and throw it as far as she could, which was not very far. She thought, when she’d return ...

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