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Drowning. It seems so peculiar when you think about it. On land, you fill your lungs with air and it helps you fuel your brain, your heart, your body. But in the ocean the thought of filling your lungs with water is frightening. The little bit that may seep in to you when you are…
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I thought I laid all of this to rest the sound of absolution rung inside of my head. I breathed in a defeated breath and walked away from a life that had been long since dead Yet here you are in my dreams haunting my memories I try and push them back into their place…
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She was beautiful just sitting there in the coffee shop her long hair surrounding her like a shield. Silver laptop open and purple headphones that covered her ears she never looked directly towards me but I felt comfort when she was near. I, sitting on the other end of the shop, am working on a…
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Set your story before dawn or after midnight. Your character is awake for a specific reason. Posted in Short Story on Aug 8, 2025 https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/geneva-rioz/ I can hear the birds chirping quietly outside even though the sun has not deigned to rise. Here I lay waiting. Waiting for what? I’m not quite sure. My mind seems to…
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Take me back, oh please, to the time when I knew what it felt like to be me. I’ve changed and I’ve grown. Lassoed and towed onto this new grove of awakening with new stories untold. I don’t know if I can find my way back from here. But maybe that was the point? Maybe…
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Her dark skin glowed back at the moonlight hitting the lake. She laid there out on the water floating, looking up at the moon. Thinking over the past and everything this life would eventually take. The stars twinkled on the surface and she appeared to be in the sky more so than on earth. Her…
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