Ashlen Wilder

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Honey, I'm home!” by Ashlen Wilder

Submitted to Contest #284

The elderly man frantically zipped down and pants, and attempted to carefully guide his erratic stream of urine into the toilet bowl. He was unsuccessful, with drops of yellow splattering onto the seat. Old age had been tough on him — his bladder had a mind of its own, his physician describing it as “overactive”. And this is a penis that only a wife of a 32-year-long marriage could love he thought, glancing dejectedly at the mess of grey pubic hair, the flaccid thing he held in his hands, and the shriveled balls that sat below. Shaking...

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“Zinfandel 2019” by Ashlen Wilder

Submitted to Contest #283

Mateo de Luca1960-2022Father, Brother, Son, and Vintner38.530176, -122.843896 A young woman was using a rag to wipe out dust and grime from the “V”. She worked her way along the remaining letters, using her breath to blow waves of silky chocolate brown hair out of her eyes. She didn’t have to do this often in winter – normally the rain would wash the headstone clean every few days, but it had been dry for nearly two weeks now. She finished cleaning the engraved coordinates, which led to a vineyard not far from here. There, the rows of ...

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