Ashley Mallory

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Morgue Room B” by Ashley Mallory

Submitted to Contest #61

My mother was obsessed with J.D Salinger. If you have to know, she was a bit off. She swore from the moment I was born that I “embodied” the spirit of his writing. In particular, she always read me “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” Every night after bath, she would squeeze me with my towel and tell me to meet her in bed after I brushed my teeth. At the age of seven I could recite direct dialogue from a short story about a deranged man who kills himself next to his wife. To say death was romanticized from a young age for me would be a complete ...

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“Operation Correction” by Ashley Mallory

Submitted to Contest #60

“Can we do something about the ridiculous screams, it’s barbaric and is disrupting my work.” “Right away Dr. Ellory” A loud zap is heard throughout the office. Followed by silence. Dr. Ellory opens the file she had been carrying, hidden in the false back of her purse. She calls her superior. “The proposal looks good.” She takes a sip of her coffee. She prepares to say it. The thing they have all been waiting for. “We are ready for operation correction. At 13:00 a small lab-created asteroid will be shot from the la...

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Author bio

Just moved to Washington, D.C. and am excited about the writing community. I have published a few articles and am new to writing short stories.