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Victoria West

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

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Construction site

She opened her eyes to find herself in their house, if you could even call it a house. They had found it several years ago, abandoned and unwanted. It was a shed, and it let in drafts but it was better than nothing. She shivered but slowly she lifted herself off the floor. Her brother was still asleep. Now that she stood up he huddled the hole-ridden blanket closer to himself. It had always been like this for as long as she could remember, just her and her brother. She didn’t remember her parents, she only remembered being alone with him. Th...

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Yes ma'am.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I almost had it!”“Almost is never enough! That orb is the only thing that gives us any clues to what is on this planet, and you didn’t pick it up because it was “Too scary?!””“You don’t understand captain, I know I had it within reach but…but it had a sort of aura around it, something that says it’s dangerous. Something that says don’t pick it up, or else…”He was in a dark cavern with only him and the captain. He heard a continuous drip of what he assumed was water falling onto rock. In front of him, past the captain, ...

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One Little Lie

Submitted to Contest #336

CW: This story contains themes of child death and grief. “Hey Sophie, funny seeing you here.”“Yeah, it is… I… why are you here?”“Why can’t I be here?”“You know that’s not what I meant.”“I–I’ve just… I’ve been thinking.”“Here? In the children's section of the library?”“It reminds me of him.”“You have to come to terms with the fact that he’s gone.”“What do you think I’m trying to do?! I–I don’t know what to do now, and I… I don’t know...”“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that.”“It doesn’t matter.”“It does. It was rude. I know you loved him so ...

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A month

“Nope, I am not doing this Karen. I know we are roommates, but you know these ritual things creep me out.”“Well, you have to get over it. You know the deal. I need you in order for me to cast this spell. Come on, I do all the other spells without you. It’s just this one spell every month.”“There is no way this spell is important.”“Not important!?” She cried out as she stopped drawing a circle on the floor with chalk.“Karen…”“No, no, no, I will not hear it! This spell keeps us safe from all the monsters, demons and other otherworldly beings t...

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Shoelace

She wandered around a house that wasn’t hers, she wasn’t sure why she even came. She wound her way around a pillar, her face creased into a scowl, it was gaudy, this whole house was, it was all unnecessary. She was so focused on her thoughts she didn’t realize the person standing in front of her. She bumped into them.“Sorry, Sorry, I am so sorry!” she cried.“You better be sorr– Emma? What are you doing here?”“Oh, Lily! I am so glad I found you! When they let me in, they said you should be just around the corner. When I didn’t see you I conti...

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Wolf!

Submitted to Contest #314

She struggled to get above water if she could just… she was yanked down again, her lungs burned for air. She tried to swim towards the surface, but she was being tugged further down, and then suddenly, she gasped. She was lying in bed, sweat dripped down her face. Slowly she sat up, it was just a nightmare, nothing to be worried about. She tried falling back asleep, but her heart raced. She was twelve now and she shouldn’t be so scared of these things, but when sleep didn’t come, she found herself wandering towards her parents' room. Slowly ...

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Lonely death

Submitted to Contest #297

Warning (includes death) I’m lying on my deathbed. The nurse informed me seconds ago. My family isn’t huddled around me, tears soaking their faces. My family isn’t here. They left this earth years ago. You know the saying: your life flashes before your eyes when you're about to die? I always thought it only happened when death was sudden, but my life flashes before my eyes in a way I never expected. It’s like I’m rolling back a tape, to my very first memory, I was three then. I waddle about the room. My parents are out of the house; they lef...

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Squabbledash

Squabbledash sat on a lawn chair and watched over his garden. The breeze blew through his hair, which was a tangle of ivy. Had he forgotten to brush his hair again? Work was just too overwhelming these days. They kept sending him on missions left and right. Always along the lines of “There’s a gnome turning into a tree. We need you to get the medicine,” or “A gnome accidentally stayed in one place too long and is rooted to the ground. We need you to get the remedy.” It was always a fetch and deliver quest. He was bored of it. Another breez...

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The wrong words

Submitted to Contest #289

Josh lay with his feet hanging over the couch, his eyes closed. He started to drift off to sleep, but then… his phone buzzed. He jumped to his feet in surprise, knocking his phone off in the process. He scrambled to recover it. No damage was done and he sighed in relief. He turned the phone on. Who was messaging him? Or was it just another ad? He switched to notifications. Huh it was a real message not just some spam. Oliver had texted him. The message read.“Hey Josh what’s up,”He started typing a response “The sky! What’s up for you?” Then ...

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Trick

“Hi.”‘Hi.”“Ya painted yar room? It’s green now. Wasn’t it plain white before?”“Yup… well my mom painted it. She said that if I was going to have to rest in my room for a while, I should be looking at something fun! Something new. So she moved me to the guest room. When I asked her why I had to move, she said she wanted it to be a surprise… also paint fumes are bad to breathe in constantly.”“Oh… well fun!”“Yup.”“...”“...”“I told ya that ya weren't gonna get nothing out of it.”“Oh, but you always say that. Also that isn’t true! After all, my r...

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Rapunzel

This is the story of how I was deemed an evil witch. The one that had stolen the king and queen's child, but it isn’t true. I promise you, well at least not all of it. So to make this story sound like it isn’t mine I will tell it in third person. Listen up.             *** She opened her eyes to a bright light shining over her, the sun! She must have slept in. She blinked once or twice to clear her eyes. She didn’t have a good reputation in this town, and no one dared to talk to her. That was okay though sh...

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Mavis

The target was creeping through the alley. She waited a minute and followed. Then her clothing caught on a dumpster. She winced as she almost tripped. That would have given away her position. The target couldn’t hear her approach. It glanced about and moved aside some ivy on the wall to reveal a door. She heard the faint beep of a code being entered. The target opened the door quickly and ducked inside. She heard the faint locking of the door and she crept forward. She reached the ivy and pulled it aside; the faint rustle made her heart spee...

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Pumpkin (Finished version)

(This was for the last prompt where a character must ask "Have I met you before?")“Here kitty kitty kitty food time,” She shouted into the undulating waves of hills and trees. Two precious kitties came running, their names Pumpkin and Empress.***“Come on Empress don’t be so slow our food is here,” Pumpkin shouted over his shoulder.“I’m coming!” She shouted back.He dashed into his pen and started to eat his food. There the weird thing was again. It wore weird pelts over its furless skin. It always watched as they ate. It also delivered the fo...

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Picture day

Submitted to Contest #269

She sat there rummaging through what she brought. The light dimmed and she had to squint to look at anything. The house had a musty smell to it and the walls were a dark gray and she sat there in the midst of it all. She hadn’t looked through what she packed, she had just thrown everything in boxes and then called it a day. She wasn’t sure what she left behind, and she didn’t care. She pulled out a towel. Dirt was everywhere throughout the towel making it hard to distinguish the different colors which once adorned the towel. It’s fabric unra...

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Crossroads

Submitted to Contest #264

Wedding bells chimed, and flowers were thrown. She tore a leaf apart, bit by bit, piece by piece. When that was done, she gazed around   the bushes, her eyes drawn to a bush smaller than the others. “Why was it smaller?” she wondered. She directed her eyes to the clouds and studied their texture. Someone nudged her, “The officiant is about to speak.”  "Do you take this man to be your husband, to live together in matrimony…” Her eyes were drawn to a rustle, a little bird hopped out from the bushes and she found herself admiring its ...

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