Ally Gutierrez

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“Jane Who Had It All” by Ally Gutierrez

Submitted to Contest #272

In her freshman year, Jane had to read that story about the woman who goes completely mad because of the hideous wallpaper in her room. Ok, that isn’t exactly the reason, but as they say, If you know, you know. The story scared the absolute hell out of her. She wasn’t sure if it was the bulging eyes of the nightmare women rattling the bars that trapped them in the wallpaper, or the crouching women creeping around in the darkness outside the window, or, no—it was definitely the bedpost, the gnawing on the bedpost—this woman in ...

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“"Have We Met Before?"” by Ally Gutierrez

Submitted to Contest #271

Marge wanted a dog. No. A puppy. Marge wanted a puppy. It had been four long months of wallowing in the cold, dark New York winter—trudging through ice and slush, pelted by the sting of freezing rain. It never snowed in the city—not the romantic white flakes that fell in places that had space and green and light. It was four in the afternoon, and there was barely a sliver of day clinging to the grey sky as Marge walked the eight blocks home to her puppy-less apartment after another day teaching ELA at an overcro...

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