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Paxton Allison

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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Letters from Liza (Or A Stranger's Best Smile)

Submitted to Contest #278

Content Warning: Strong languageIn the white flurry of furious winter cold my boot met a singular patch of non-ice laden ground as if a steamed soul, now departed, cleared away a small island respite. The scrape of solid concrete at my toes gave me relief between the sore spot now formed in my mid ribs where my balance lay trying not to slip. For the first time in my trek I was able to glance anywhere but my feet and realized I had already arrived at the house.If the mounds of drift weren’t heaping over them I’d recognize the dirty brick red...

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The Vermin

Submitted to Contest #210

We managed to keep the stench of the decaying bodies contained for three days. Or so our best estimate was. The days, I mean. You could keep track of seconds, or minutes, or even hours. But days, weeks and months were different. You’d stare at the digital calendar and know the whole amount of time passed. How could you not? Yet some filter, some great fog, would parse the knowledge before it reached the consciousness and you felt as though extrapolating the time further than hours was… elusive. I blame nature, frankly. Owls, wolves, cats, ev...

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