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Alexandra Mertes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

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The Most Perfect Man on Earth

Alexandra Mertes

Submitted to Contest #157

LOG ENTRY # 295 PLANET - EARTH MISSION - DETERMINE IF HUMANS ARE SUITABLE FOR REPOPULATION OR EXTERMINATION. I’ve almost reached my deadline, and the conclusion is becoming painfully obvious. Yet, I must extend this contract to its utmost capacity. After almost a year of searching, I have not found a single woman suitable for the reproduction of a hybrid species. Although, to be fair, my previous efforts trying to find a man proved even worse. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I have made myself look like the most statistically appealing...

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The Curious Predicament of the Man in the Mashed Potatoes

Alexandra Mertes

Shortlisted for Contest #155 ⭐️

Robert Mayweather has a predicament. It’s not a terrible predicament, as some predicaments can be, but nonetheless an odd set of circumstances.  Robert Mayweather has a job. He’s the editor of the town paper. Everyone in town knows him, and he knows everyone in town. Robert Mayweather owns a house. A two-story yellow colonial with an immaculately trimmed green grass yard and towering oak trees framing the house in a canopy of pleasant shade. Robert Mayweather has a wife, Deborah Mayweather, who makes the most lovely meals for Robert an...

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