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Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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“Position Filled” by JASON PARKER

Submitted to Contest #72

Norman picked up the reasonably clean human skull that sat upon the front desk and looked it over. It was lighter than he expected it to be. He set the skull back down and tried to gain the Executive Assistant's attention. ‘Uh... hello. I have an appointment,’ he said meekly.  The Assistant continued scratching something onto a piece of parchment with a black-feather-quill. His leathery green goblin features were anything but welcoming. Norman smoothed out his longish brown hair and brushed fluff from his rust-colored bre...

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“No Good Deed...” by Andrew Krey

Submitted to Contest #72

*Author’s Note: “No Good Deed…” is a standalone story, set in the same universe as my other Reedsy short-stories, with overlapping characters/events.* Gadget knew criminals always returned to the scene of their crime, and she hated being that predictable. But it was unavoidable.  Even from a distance, it was clear security had increased since her last visit. There were two guards at the main gates, and a third inside a quick response 4x4 car.  Her brain had to fight against her leg’s desire to run, but her legs couldn’t hear the...

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“Dream Vacation With Benefits” by Stephanie Albright

Submitted to Contest #72

I didn’t realize how long it has been since I wrote anything for Reedsy. I have been in a writing funk between Covid and the holidays. I haven’t even been able to read or work on my WIP. Last week, one of the prompts caught my eye but I didn’t get it written in time. Hopefully, this is the end of my writers’ block. ~ StephanieIt was raining again. It was cold again. I pulled my hood up over my head and ran into the liquor store. Between the gloomy weather and this whole Covid lockdown crap, I just wanted to go home and drink. As I was decidi...

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“Leiloa” by Kendall Defoe

Submitted to Contest #72

1. This all began on a Tuesday afternoon. It was not a very difficult day for Daniel. He went in around ten in the morning, put on his name tag, cleaned out the three main floors of the office by two, ate his lunch, ordered some extra cleaning supplies for the bathrooms (low on toilet paper on all floors), and then, when the last of the staff wished him good night, went home. His car was still having problems – transmission was acting up; tires had to be changed before winter hit – but otherwise, it was just another Tuesday. Anothe...

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“FLOWRY” by John Del Rio

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Teague heard the little bell above the shoppe door tinkle as the door was opened and glanced to the front of the flower shoppe.The sign above the door read simply “FLOWRY’s”. This was actually just truth in advertising as the shoppe which had been run by his Mamm since before he went off to war was a florist boutique.The door opened and three individuals entered the cozy, pleasantly scented establishment. The first two who entered were large men. The second of the two was even larger than himself. This man was two meters ...

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“Is This Real?” by Writers Block

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Margaret graduated from the university with honors at the end of the Fall. Relieved but weary, her next chain of events was to find a place to live and acquire employment. She briefly moved back with her parents so she could save up some money while working and getting accustomed to a new schedule.As you would expect, the first month or so went fairly smooth as her parents were happy to have her again. Margaret was getting out and about, distributing her resume and going on interviews. She even filled out a few applications as she was quite...

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“Last Night” by John Walsh

Submitted to Contest #72

     We at the Hierarchy of Morpheus would like to offer you a position as a dream sorter in our human division. The doctors with beaked masks skate on frozen Styx. There are more names for us than anything else. The red-faced children build with sheets of glass. You should think of us as spirits. The fog blows over the ebony tree. We send dreams to all creatures that dream. The wooden clown dances in the sated baby’s fists. We often use coporeals with their squishy brains to do quality control. The coconut falls int...

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“When a Door Closes” by Ali Anthony Bell

Submitted to Contest #72

It’s Sunday evening, November 1, 2020, the last day of a short weeks’ holiday from classes and I’m just finishing a two-hour weekly English tutoring session with a teenage brother and sister that I’ve been giving lessons to for about two years (less 6 months this year during the Corona virus lock down). We’ve finished the lesson and they’re competing with each other doing the hangman game, when I get a call from the superintendent of the high school where I’ve been teaching for just two months now. As my two learners are busy I answer. ...

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“NYC Apartment Mail” by Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #72

"Mail!" Polly Harold called as she entered the small apartment. Her cheeks were pink, and her golden blond hair was dotted with snowflakes. Polly turned around and locked the door behind her, before walking into the kitchen."Mail," she repeated, tossing the envelopes onto the island. A girl in her mid-twenties, around Polly's age, peered up from behind the refrigerator door."Anything interesting?" the girl asked, closing the fridge door and taking a bite out of an apple."Nope. You got some letters... and.. oh, here's the gas bill."Polly orde...

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“For Love or Money” by Lucy Newman

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"Robert is despicable. A narcissistic pig. But, I think you already know that, don't you?" Samuel said to me, his words crisp and matter of fact.I took a sip of my coffee before sliding my sunglasses down the bridge of my nose, revealing the blackened eyes that the concealer failed to cover."Yes, Samuel. I do.""He is about to cost us this business. Something needs to be done," he stated, lacing his fingers together in contemplation.I had met Robert a year prior. He was painfully handsome and possessed a charm I had never experienced with men...

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“The Paradox of Mundanity ” by Alara Balasaygun

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Somewhere between the window pane and fly screen of the bus’s window, Ayla’s vision changed. On the surface, everything had been muddled together for a while; it was a common symptom of the humidity that ran rampant in New Orleans. The window pane’s surface was slick with the air's sweat, even more effective at blurring scenery than a fast moving car--and fast her Greyhound bus was not. On her left, an elderly man wheezed into his Blackberry, complaining of a “midsummer malady.” How he found himself remembering his doctoral days; the recoll...

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“Justice!” by Hala Ali

Submitted to Contest #72

Unforgiving, the heat radiated off everything standing in the suns way, that didn't stop Althea from pursuing a living. She was perched on one of the many rooftops, observing the Chronis's mansion. Her muscles ached from staying still for so long, but she couldn't leave until she got all the information she lacked. After all, she wanted the mission to move smoothly; she wasn't about to lose her most valuable customer yet. The mansion was a hive, bustling with servants preparing for tomorrows moon festival. Proteus Chronis has taken it upon h...

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“Recruitment” by Katherine Griffiths

Submitted to Contest #72

Recruitment It had been a long and busy night in Charing Cross Hospital and the duty matron, Kim Jollands, was exhausted and looking forward to some sleep and two days of rest. Kim was a slim woman with glasses and an impish sense of humour when her mood allowed. She was also half French with her father being French but moved to the UK before the last war. It was September 1940 and the German Luftwaffe had begun what was to become known as the Blitz. Kim had been on duty for the past 5 nights and every single one had been as hard and as bu...

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“Something new” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #72

“Crap!” I bit my tongue to silence myself, coffee trickled down the front of me, leaving a brown trail on my used-to-be pristine white shirt. I inwardly groaned, of course, right before my meeting, my clumsiness decided to come out for a visit. Stumbling to the bathroom, I scrubbed furiously at my blouse, the brown smudge clung onto the fabric. “Oh come on!” I rushed back to my office, grabbing my jacket and zipping it up quickly, I wouldn’t look as nice as I had planned to, but it’d be better than my stained shirt. My heels clicked ...

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“JUST A TINY LIGHT” by Josephine Ogarah

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Eric suddenly turned pale upon checking the mail box and reading the mail sent from fast flash movie industry.  "Another dead end" he said. "Come Jackie" calling unto his dog as he served it some dog food. He watched as the dog eat the food hastly. He remembered how he went to the pet store to get the dog as a birthday present for himself and how his mom saw it as a waste of money and of course extra mouth to feed. But he didn't mind, he just wanted an animal companion, one he can say silly things to, pouring out his...

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