Amanda Bennett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Afterclap” by Amanda Bennett

Submitted to Contest #204

Those who knew my character would swear I lacked the stomach for murder. They had never once heard me utter a complaint, let alone swear a reckoning. Of course, back when my wife had been spitting up blood in a bedpan, the nearest neighbour was over an hour away…  Hardly surprising that none of ’em ever heard me howling for retribution. In those days towns had to grow, and fast, or they faded back into dust. Unfortunately, my community saw something of a boon as a pit-stop for the wagon trains moving on to better prospects. Wasn’t four ...

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“An Echo in a Sunbeam” by Amanda Bennett

Submitted to Contest #138

“Afternoon, Miss Lovejoy. Another glorious day made all the finer for the promise of your company.” Eddie Wilson tapped his bowler hat and bowed, nearly tipping the overflowing picnic basket in his attempt at gallantry.  Grace puffed up her cheeks like a chipmunk and blew out the hot air in a huff. Rocking back on the heels of her side-buttoned boots, she truly couldn’t decide which was worse about being dead:  Coming around, trapped as a spirit, pacing a wooden patio on blistered bunions. Having no one but this damnable fool for c...

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