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L.J. Gardmont

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2026

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Being Seen

Weekly Contest #342

“I can’t do this anymore.”The words don’t echo. They don’t shatter anything. They just sit there in the room with me, heavy and patient like they’ve been waiting their turn. I say them to the ceiling because ceilings don’t argue back. They don’t tell me I’m overreacting, or being sensitive or melodramatic. The ceiling fan turns in slow, lazy circles above me, indifferent.I press my palms into my eyes until I see sparks. I am so tired of bracing for impact. Of rehearsing conversations that never happen. More than anything, I am tired of shrin...

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Breaking the Mirror

Weekly Contest #340

“What is this?”What is what?“This outline!? It says I am going to die a horrible death! Are you serious?”Well, yeah I’m serious. Every good villain has a tragic yet memorable death.“But…I just die, just like that?”I mean, there’s more to it of course. A whole story of the Hero and how he overcomes obstacles on his way to defeat you before you, you know, do the evil thing. And it is upon your death where we all learn that you had a pretty messed up childhood that led you to street life and villainy. Tragic, makes the listeners think. “Can I a...

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