Amy Specker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“Dying to Live” by Amy Specker

Submitted to Contest #108

I died on August the 27th, 2021.  The death was painless, but my family doesn’t know that. My body was never found. I was hiking in the Smoky Mountains of our hometown in Sevierville, TN but never came home. The rescue party found some blood on the rocks along the edge of a cliff, marked by a lonely shoe that used to be mine. Some rocks painted in blood were collected as evidence and tested to match my DNA. It did. There was no doubt that I met my demise along that cliff. My funeral will be on Tuesday the 31st. It’s going to be awful. ...

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“Copiously Profuse Trash Talk” by Amy Specker

Submitted to Contest #106

Fellow citizens, I come before you at this time to bring to light a problem that we all face. In your mind's eye, I want you to envision being at home and relaxing in your favorite chair. You can hear the screeching of tires as a large, burdened truck halts to retrieve yet another of its intended loads. From the comfort of your living room, you can hear the thudding made upon impact of the weighted canister as it is mechanically put back in its original resting place after expelling the contents it had harbored internally for the past seven ...

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Author bio

AmyLynn Specker is a driven doer, idea generator, and an author. Her roots are in MS, but she’s transplanted to southern IL. She loves being with family, prefers elastic waist pants, could eat shrimp at least weekly, regards laughter as medicine, believes it’s a constant 60 to 75 degrees in heaven, and loves to write simply because it’s fun.