A. L. Cranston

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Pac-Men” by A. L. Cranston

Submitted to Contest #246

On the phone, my mom implored me to visit.“I made my famous meatloaf,” she said with a lilt. I knew it was a ploy, but her words tugged at my heartstrings, and she knew I couldn't resist her cooking. Even though my parents were only a few hours away, I felt guilty for not seeing them in a while. So after work on Friday, I kissed my husband goodbye and hit the road with my favorite true crime podcast blaring through an old Bluetooth speaker in my cup holder.When I arrived, of course, my parents had already eaten, but they insisted that w...

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“The Astrocracy” by A. L. Cranston

Submitted to Contest #245

“Dismantle the Astrocracy!” scrawled out on a half-hung sign flaps in the rotten breeze of the sewage tunnel. The stench of excrement wafts through the odiferous maze beneath Nova City as Eris races back to the rebel Clayborn hideout. Adrenaline surges as she darts past rusted pipes and slime-covered walls, ducking into side passages and doubling back on her pursuers with practiced precision. But the Celestial Constabulary are relentless, their shouts and clattering footsteps reverberate imminent danger in the shadows behind her.In the spraw...

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“Oppy: A Mars Rover Story” by A. L. Cranston

Submitted to Contest #163

“Next I saw Leda (in the underworld); Mother of the twins, Castor and Pollux; Life-giving earth contains them, yet they are alive. Zeus honors them even in the underworld Half the days they stay below with Hades, And half within the golden citadels of heaven.” -The Odyssey, Homer January 25, 2004: A not insignificant spacecraft plummets from the vacuum of space and lands on the dusty surface of Mars. After a long time, Opportunity, the MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) also known as OPPY, descends gently from the l...

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Author bio

I write because I can't do anything else.