Amy Nunnelly Kokeš

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023

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“Fate or Something Like It” by Amy Nunnelly Kokeš

Submitted to Contest #290

“We met at a bookshop,” Hank says, answering the age-old question.  “That’s how you want to start the story of how we met? ‘We met at a bookshop.’” Patricia chides her husband playfully. “Well how would you start the story?”  “Depends.” Patricia looks at Joe and Kate. “Do you want the long version or the short?” “The long,” Joe says. “We’ve got time, don’t we Kate?” Kate glances at her watch. It's half past seven and they have the reservation until nine. “Sure.”  Kate pours wine into her glass. She’s had a hell of a week. An a...

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“Red Velvet Cake” by Amy Nunnelly Kokeš

Submitted to Contest #283

A bouquet of rotting wildflowers sits stiffly on the windowsill. Rigor Mortis has set in. To merely touch the dried leaves would be like taking a hammer to glass or tapping a fingernail against a pyramid of playing cards. Helen, feeling cool from the open window, wraps an afghan snugly across her body. Granny made this. The cacophony of patrons exiting a restaurant from the street below interrupts Helen’s thoughts. She stares blankly outside, barely cognizant of the maple leaves flying effortlessly in the air and splotching the clear blue sk...

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“The Puzzle” by Amy Nunnelly Kokeš

Submitted to Contest #280

What’ll it be today Doris, the edges or the insides?  I think I’ll do the edges if that’s alright.  Sure.  So, what did you have for breakfast this morning?  Oatmeal again. The cook is still out with the flu and I don’t like the eggs that the new guy makes. Too mushy.  Cook’s been out sick for nearly two weeks now ain’t he?  Yeah. And you should see his country fried steak. Horrible! So tough you can’t hardly eat it. He don’t know how to beat it and make it tender. Ain’t got the good sense God gave a goose. ...

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Author bio

Trying to figure this whole thing out, subtext being life. I’ve written two books of illustrated poetry and currently working on a book of short stories. Favorite authors: Hemingway, Steinbeck, Vonnegut, Lorrie Moore, George Saunders, and Jennifer Egan. Among a few.