Amanda Doak

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“The Fare” by Amanda Doak

Submitted to Contest #180

Content warning: hostage situation, off-stage death. I checked my watch and drained the last of the cold coffee from my mug at 4:30 Friday afternoon when Kevin walked through my office door with nine files and a smug half smile.            “Bottoms up, Beck. Might as well get some more. Your weekend just ended before it began.” He slapped the files on my desk. My notepad fluttered in protest.            “What’s this?”  &nbs...

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“The Kiss of Death” by Amanda Doak

Submitted to Contest #179

Content warning: Mental health, Substance abuse, Talk of suicide Get up. Nobody’s coming to save you.  I laid on the couch thinking of ways to kill myself and reasons not to. Gun to the temple? No, gun to the chin. Razor to the wrist? That was the token ladylike way to go, but it took too much precision, not fast enough. If I thought I could stomach it, I’d swallow drain cleaner, but I always hated throwing up.  I sat up and glanced through the front window into the neighbor’s house across the street. It was dark. The lights o...

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