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Meg L

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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The Lift-Off

Submitted to Contest #58

When the elevator doors dinged, but didn't slide open, Christopher's first thought was of Albert Einstein. Einstein's famous thought-experiment on general relativity states that a person standing inside an elevator would have no way of knowing whether they - and the elevator - were at rest under Earth's natural gravitational pull, or in fact hurtling through outer space, accelerating upwards at nearly 10 metres per second squared. More precisely, Christopher wondered if the doors would eventually open onto nothing and he'd be sucked into...

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An Unexpected Guest at the Camberwell Writer's Circle

Submitted to Contest #46

There was a strange atmosphere at the Camberwell Writer's Circle that Tuesday night. Terri glanced at the notes on her lap, giving the words one last proof-read before everyone shuffled to their seats and started opening their own notebooks. Just like every other time she'd read them since they came spilling out in a breathless flurry, they felt perfect. At two minutes to eight, something unusual happened. Nathan stood up, and the rest of the circle fell quiet. "Evening, everyone." he said, clearing his throat somewhat nervously. "I kn...

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