Alison Reed

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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“I Blame Mr. Toad” by Alison Reed

Submitted to Contest #233

June 1 - Well here it is — the first day I watch Heidi. I told Fern it was no problem at all but it is going to be Such. A. Problem. I heard on some podcast though that doing something out of your comfort zone is healthy? So I thought this was a good opportunity to strengthen my mental health. Plus, I’m not a jerk. I want to help my sister out - she works hard and having her husband drop dead like that was really lame. I just wish I liked my niece. She’s such a freaky kid though. Like she’s tiny like a six-year-old but with the personality o...

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“All We Are Trying To Do” by Alison Reed

Submitted to Contest #232

The old pick up truck sparkles with midnight frost as it passes under the few street lights dotting the desolate farmland road. Marty, in the passenger seat, feels like a popcorn kernel, bouncing on the pleather bench seat. The washboarded road combined with the lack of shocks makes for an unpleasant ride, no matter how slow his grandpa drives.  But even if this ride were in a smooth toasty limousine, it would still be unpleasant. Grandpa Jack, his cheeks whiskery with the day’s stubble, guides the truck away from the dirt road and in...

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Author bio

Leonard Cohen said "A writer is deeply conflicted and in his work is where he reconciles those deep conflicts. And it doesn’t set the world in order and it doesn’t really change anything. It just is a kind of harbor." This is exactly why I have always written.