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Nicholas Lira

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2026

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Blood That Wasn’t Mine

Submitted to Contest #338

The crimson color dripped from her hands as she stared at her reflection rippling across the pool’s surface. The blood wasn’t hers. She knew that much with a certainty that made her stomach twist. Still, it clung to her fingers as if it belonged there, dark and sticky, gathering beneath her nails. Lucy dipped her hands into the pool. The water was shockingly cold, biting against her skin, and she sucked in a breath as she scrubbed her palms together. Red streamed away in thin ribbons, dissolving into pale pink clouds that vanished almost as ...

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Dear Dad

Submitted to Contest #337

Dear Dad, It’s me again. Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve written to you. I wanted to tell you about something that happened today. I went to a festival. It wasn’t the Se festival, but it reminded me of it. I wandered around for a bit and came across a small group of musicians playing in the open. The music was lively, and everyone was dancing and laughing like nothing else in the world mattered. There was a flute player who played with so much grace that it pulled me right back to the first time you took us to the Se festival. That was ri...

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