Into the starlight

Ashley's world glimmered with ethereal magical lights. She knew no one else saw things as she did, at least a part of her realized this. This creamer was safe because it glowed green but that disposable cup was evil because it had no glow. Try explaining that to the barista daily. Every person place and object held its own numinous qualities, its own spirit. She couldn't force things that hated each other together, like her spoon and the artificial sweetener on the counter.

Finally having navigated the intricacies of getting coffee for her entire floor, Ashely cradled the souls of the beverages in her arms onto the elevator. Perhaps this time the cinnamon in Christine's latte wouldn't slow the elevator too much. Ashely was running late and didn't have it in her to run up four flights of stairs. Besides that side of the building had been getting darker and darker as Ashely's coworkers stopped coming in. She closed her heart and mind to the auras of her









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Tales Shown, Not Told Contest  (E) A short story contest from the Crosstimbers Author Association. #2300358 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Choose ONE of the prompts for your story. This round's prompts are:

Genre Prompt: Horror/Supernatural. There's something scary or spooky going on.
Words Prompt: Write a story using the words ethereal , numinous, and glimmer.

Character prompt: The protagonist has at least some symptoms of either a dissociative Open in new Window. or delusional Open in new Window. disorder.


Choose ONE of these prompts for your story. You're free to explore these prompts in whatever way you wish, but the prompt must be part of the story.