Allen Banks

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Please Remember ” by Allen Banks

Submitted to Contest #49

“My mommy says I should thank you for your service, so I guess, thanks you sir,”. The little boy said to the haggard old man. ”Well thank you sonny!” The old man replied. ”Your mommy is very nice, but sonny let me tell you a story about how you should greet a veteran,” He spoke softly as to not disturb all the other people. He thought how he should begin. He thought about how hard basic training was for a boy of eighteen. He thought about how excited he was to be part of something bigger. He thought about his pride when he got on the boat fo...

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“Some Give All” by Allen Banks

Submitted to Contest #48

Katherine, or Kat as her residents call her was a good nurse aide. In fact she was a great nurse aide. She never considered herself great she simply did her job and tried to be compassionate in a career that often made a person heartless. She went in every night and did all she could for her residents to retain what humanity she could give them. tonight was no different. She and her partner made as many rounds as they physically could keeping the elderly dry on the bottom and hydrated on top. She took time out during what should have be...

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“Hope Failed” by Allen Banks

Submitted to Contest #48

Adrian walked down the street. Hands in his pockets and head down. The wind was strong today but his thick hooded sweatshirt kept it out of his ears. Not that it mattered he could hear an ant crossing a sidewalk from ten blocks away. He passed many homeless people on his trek. Adrian saw people shooting up in a back alley he passed. He witnessed a man with a gun come running out of a local business. He heard a murder with an axe happen a few blocks away. He heard everything. He saw everything.&nbs...

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