The Lamb and the Wolf
An obsession turns her into a star. At what cost?
This short story was written for the Writing Battle winter short story challenge of 2025. It earned 5 points in the final duels.
Rules: Create a 500-1000 word story in the genre, using the character and the object.
It was stupid, really. An act of selfish conceit. Alanna regretted every single dollar made. It wasn't worth it to lose him… but with all regrets, hindsight was most clear in moments like these. The chilled wind sang over her ears as she contemplated all that she had done. A single broken hair, curled like ribbon with a tension snap at the tip, twirled in front of her left eye as a reminder of her own mistake.
The whole thing played before her faster than the regret settled in.
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