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Nick Campbell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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Paradise Lost

Submitted to Contest #248

He had been through it before as a younger man, with bolder intention and weaker resistance, or so he’d thought. But even as a grown man, his erratic heartbeat still made him tremble, and he pressed himself against the sliding door as if he could hide from the guilt that followed him like an evening shadow, stretching from the servant’s quarters, past the lantern lit corridor, and to the main house, where he stood hopelessly alone. He shouldn’t have been over there in the first place. He was the honorable son of a high-class merchant, and he...

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This wasn't Supposed to be a Romance Story

Submitted to Contest #218

“You said that this was going to be a simple prank! This isn’t ‘simple’ at all!” “Hush, will you? We’ve already made it past the point of no return. You’re in this for the long run now. So, shut up, and take these.” “W-wait a minute! Ow! These are…no. No, no, no. I did not agree to this! You said we were just going to mess with them a little bit, you did not mention anything about rope or ball gags or–”“Relax. We’re not kidnapping them, but we can’t let them get away either. It’s a temporary thing. Listen, we’re just going to tie t...

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