Andrea Crocker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“A Step Too Far” by Andrea Crocker

Submitted to Contest #223

By late afternoon, word was buzzing around the hallways at Cedar High. Another student had gone missing. As a budding journalist, this kind of news would usually perk my ears. And Jack, the school paper’s editor, had been breathing down my neck to get the scoop. But today, I couldn't keep my mind off of Antoine. We had been the best of friends since middle school and I knew him better than most. So, when I say he had been acting strangely the last several days, I mean st...

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“Unfamiliar Ground” by Andrea Crocker

Submitted to Contest #220

“Hey!” A high pitched voice echoed in my ear. Feeling a nudge to my shoulder, I slowly opened my eyes. My cheek pressed against something hard, my nose taking in scents of stale coffee and syrup. Squinting through half open eyelids, blinded by the harsh manufactured light, a small woman stood beside me, clasping a round tray in her arms. She stared at me through teal rimmed cat-eyed glasses, wearing a stern but cautious expression. “Are you hungry, hon?” she asked, her gum smacking loudly against her teeth. I peeled my face from the sticky...

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Author bio

Wife, mom, writer (when I can be), lover of history, reading, film and television, and the occasional chaotic baking adventure!