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Allison Leahy

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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My lover

Submitted to Contest #274

So I love and fear him. Today, I love him because I believe he will be the man he says he will. Yet, he is in prison for abusing me. He smokes and he used to drink. I love that he stopped drinking, but I fear his death will come soon. When he is angry, he is verbally abusive, calling my mom a gold digger and my dad and idiot. He reserves his more subtle insults for me. He says I would kill myself if he ever left me. I have fantasized many times to leave him instead.He is my boyfriend of five years. He is a good man. He buys me food every two...

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Where are you Now?

Submitted to Contest #271

The jacket was black leather and short, double breasted, and had about four buttons going down the front just like mine. I put it on and departed for Cleveland, Ohio from Los Angeles. I had wanted to visit California with my fiance for my Spring Break. Coincidentally, there in LA was a woman with whom he was not too close to, his aunt. She had a nice roomy house and she and her husband had a daughter my age. We would stay in her house there together and I would actually have my very own room, the room that belonged to her daughter. Since her...

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Musings on Rum Raisin

Submitted to Contest #269

Object's meaning changes as a character changesObject: Rum Raisin LipstickAs a young woman in her 20s in New York City, I always wore Rum Raisin lipstick by L'Oreal. For one, it was my sister's favorite color, and it always looked great on her. I loved my sister more than anything.Also, Rum Raisin? OK, I have a "raisin" on my arm. It is actually a birthmark shaped like a raisin.My birthmark is called my "raisin". See, there was a story I read as a child about a gingerbread girl who ran away. The whole gingerbread community looked for her: wh...

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