Allie Pittman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Self-Help” by Allie Pittman

Submitted to Contest #25

Mary watched the woman from the moment she walked into the store. She headed straight for the Self-Help section. Mary smiled. “ I knew it!” Having been a bookseller for 20 years and a people watcher all her life she had a knack for knowing what section a potential customer would walk to upon entering her store. This particular lady, had a look of melancholy about her. The way she carried herself, the sad droop at the corners of her mouth. “Now to see which book she picks!” Another game Mary played in her mind. After 20 minutes, and...

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“Finding Denton” by Allie Pittman

Submitted to Contest #24

The oak doors swiveled on their hinges with a squeak and a grown that caused all eyes in the saloon to turn and look, and keep looking, at Petra Morlan.With her grey penetrating eyes ,and her lavender hair laying in a wave until just past her shoulders, and dressed in jeans, with knee high leather boots and a leather cloak that almost touched the floor, they all knew her, and those that knew her well, knew that gun strapped to her side was not one they wanted to see used.This saloon didn't attract most women, other than the poor gals that we...

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“Just Breathe ” by Allie Pittman

Submitted to Contest #22

I walked into the Ballroom and immediately felt like I was being assaulted.The music was too loud, pounding my eardrums until I thought they’d surely bleed.The lights flashed brutally into my eyes, so forcefully ,that I thought they had penetrated into my brain.Then came the abuse of hundreds of people, coming from all directions, talking, to me, to each other, each one seeming to echo off the walls and scrape my already frayed nerves, like nails on a chalkboard.Everyone felt too close to me, I could smell each one’s sweat, their deodorant t...

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Author bio

I’m just a person who loves words.