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Precious Lepelblad

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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At the Edge of Everything, We Skip Rocks

Precious Lepelblad

Shortlisted for Contest #297 ⭐️

Jack listened to his rock skip once, twice, across the lake before sinking into black water—and felt something of himself sink with it.The freezing bite of the water swirling around his bare ankles could almost distract him from Scott beside him, using the torch in his mouth to see by as he sought out smooth rocks. 'Something with a groove,' he always liked to proselytise, 'Y'need that notch for leverage.'There was a pitched, muffled 'ha!' of satisfaction at his left as Scott spotted something suitable. Jack's eyes caught the torch shifting ...

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Blackbirds

Precious Lepelblad

Submitted to Contest #86

The woodland boy looked down at the stranger, whose outstretched arms were turning a map this way and that. A deer in a tree would have looked less out of place.“The blackbirds say you’ve gotten lost.”He didn’t jump. Not one bit. His shoulders didn’t even hike. All he did was lower the map slightly, and cock his head to the side.“It’s rude to follow people like that, you know,” came the reply. “And no, I’m not!”The boy was around his age—almost fifteen springs old, or thereabouts. He swivelled around, and let the map disappear into the fabri...

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