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Latoya Edwards

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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Sandman's Insomnia

I flipped the covers off of me. "Maybe I am over thinking things", I thought. I rolled over on my back and watched the ceiling fan spin ploddingly in rhythm with the light breeze blowing around me from the window I opened earlier. Yet, I was still burning up. It felt like a sauna had me in a tight bear hug and fear was gripping my heart. I tried to focus my mind on the breeze, imagining that I was somewhere hiking along the trails of Jiefen in early fall. I closed my eyes in attempt to fall back to sleep. Instead, I only felt the beads of sw...

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WELL PLAYED

Weekly Contest #305

WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT AND PROFANITY.I awoke to loud music playing from the master bathroom suite. I sat up, listening to Steven Tyler belt out his lyrics to "Amazing" blaring from the bathroom speaker. I let out a long sigh, flung the covers off myself and walked over to the bathroom then banged on the door."Apollo! Apollo! Can you please cut the music down a little bit please man?," I yelled. I could hear the shower going and knew Apollo was getting ready to head to the clinic for his surgical appointments. I sat back ...

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MARY DID YOU KNOW?

Weekly Contest #287

Trigger Warning: Some use of ProfanityMary Anne Lesure fixed her black curls and fluffed her bosom in the mirror. She twirled around in the center of her bedroom watching her dress flail open like a parachute. She was wearing her favorite powder blue satin dress with pearl buttons and matching collar broach. It complemented her golden skin very well. She had it paired with flesh tone stockings, and very demure satin Mary Jane heels she had professionally dyed to match her dress. She blew herself a kiss with her ruby red lips. She walked...

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WHEN MUSIC WAS A THING

Weekly Contest #285

Mikala Jackson stared out of her history class window letting her thoughts wonder away about the world. She looked beyond the array of students sprawled across the campus lawn engaged in deep signing conversations, pass the rows of mini semi-conductors that lined the coast, and stared at the distant ocean. This world was nothing like the world she read about in her History of the Old America course. The old America seemed so vibrant and alive. It was so much to do, so many ways to interact with each other, and most of all, the world had soun...

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Zytherium Sun

Adee awoke to the sound of thunder crashing and sat up. She realized that she had fallen asleep under a Zythicus tree after stopping to rest from a long morning of hunting. She was trying her best to prove herself as a lead hunter in her tribe. Being a female on her planet of Zytherium was hard enough, but being a hybrid of human was worse as they were deemed lazy, spoiled, and entitled. However, she always felt unique. She felt like the alliance between Zytherians and Earthlings since her father was a Zytherian global ruler and her mother, ...

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FREE WILL

Weekly Contest #197

FREE WILL              “Alright. Let’s go ahead and start recording in 3, 2, 1.” Said the robot of historical records.My name is Willow Freedom Monrow. I was born on Century 13, an island metropolis of what you may remember in history called California, a part of the United States of America. But that was 13 centuries ago. Now, what is left of the USA and of the remaining world are large sectioned, islandic metropolitan cities that are divided by territories...

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UNKNOWN FAMILIARS

Weekly Contest #196

*Warning, contains some profanity.*             Ezra Farqua sat on the chaise in his bedroom watching Turnette Farqua, his wife of only 3 months get ready for her girls spa day with her best friends. He was so in love with her. He met her his senior year in college while studying abroad in the states. He was surprised that they were from the same country of Bermuda. She was a beauty and had brains. Her skin was a deep caramel, and she had the perfect dancer’s body as she w...

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You're Joking, Right?

Weekly Contest #195

“Kash hurry up and get your bags so you can go. Your dad is waiting for you.” Kara Gaines, said. She was standing at the bottom of the stairs with her hands on her hips. It was the first weekend Kash got to spend with his dad since his parents divorced. It was long overdue as their relationship declined over the course of their 17-years of marriage. Kash was just relieved that the constant arguing, belittling, and complaining about money and finances was finally over. He adored both his parents but living through their tumultu...

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The Square Room

Weekly Contest #194

THE SQUARE ROOM               Nia Cantu was a beautiful vibrant teenager with talent and ambition. She was an honor student, played on the volleyball team, played the trumpet in the marching band, ran track, and was on the dance squad. She even was popular at her high school amongst all the other students. But that was just her life outside of her home. Home life for Nia was even better. Her parents were loving and supported her in all her endeavors. They had c...

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Bakari...?

Weekly Contest #192

**TRIGGER WARNING, this story contains some profanity and sexual content.*“BAKARI…?”              Bakari awoke and rolled over to see the woman he met at the gym last week lying next to him still asleep. “Another night of pleasure.,” he said to himself. Smiling and shaking his head at the same time, he nudged the woman whose name he couldn’t remember to get up and leave. After all he had an early brunch date with Zianne, the love of his life, in an hour. The woman rolled o...

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Kyoto's Light

Weekly Contest #191

I am Toy. I live in a city called Kyoto in the country of Japan. That is all I know of who I am. I have a little house that I built out of the remaining debris left around after the end of the 4th nuclear war. I guess the year is 2151. I can't really remember. Today is special. It is the time when the little florist shop at the end of my home path has fresh flowers. The flowers bloom along the green patch next to the large cherry blossom tree. This is the only green patch left around Kyoto. Everything else is dark, burned, cold, and in ruins...

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