Amy Metheny

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“A Dream Inside A Dream” by Amy Metheny

Submitted to Contest #186

What happened? Why does it look like downtown Indianapolis has been abandoned for decades? There isn’t a life form to be found, no birds, no sound of a coming train. Nothing but dead silence. All the buildings and skyscrapers are in some level of decay. Spoilage and deterioration have found their home in places I once ventured through. Here I stand looking out over the horizon. If depression had a color, that is what the color of the sky is, a very bleak gray. There it hangs above the decaying landscape. In disbelief, I look around my im...

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“ Silver Spoons and Silver Linings ” by Amy Metheny

Submitted to Contest #79

“No, dad, this isn’t right! I do not feel comfortable doing this.” I hollered as my father sitting next to me begged me to take him to get his next fix.   “Please, Alice, I don’t want to get sick.” responded the desperate and frail man riding along. The winding backroads seemed to roll on forever as he directed me where to go. Once there, he quickly jumped out and went to do what he believed he had to do.  Dad had always had a drug problem. It was when I was four years old that he reappeared&...

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Author bio

I've had a strong passion for writing since a child. It is a chance to captivate your audiences and take them outside of their normal routine for a while.