Abby Lyon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“Canis Familiaris” by Abby Lyon

Submitted to Contest #4

        I knew from the very first moment I saw you - you had to be mine. I called out to you, and you turned and noticed me. That room was so cold and filled with concrete and metal. I couldn’t be the loudest, though I tried. Instead, I wiggled as hard as I could up against the chain link. As soon as I heard your voice, my tail wagged. I couldn’t stop it. That’s when I picked you. I knew first and then you knew. You pointed at me and said, “Him, he’s the one. That’s my dog.”    &nb...

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“The Anniversary Party” by Abby Lyon

Submitted to Contest #2

I eat my breakfast under the watchful gaze of our wedding photos. They hang on the wall behind me as I crunch my cold granola. We’d insisted on sunset photos that day five years ago. Framed in black, the red and copper splashes across the stark grey walls of our formal dining room. Our faces are nearly as radiant as the backdrop. We were all joy that day. We were hopeful. I hear your footsteps on the marble tile in the kitchen before I see you enter the room. You’re wrangling with your tie, undoing it before my eyes, making sure I see. It’s ...

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