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Aubre Boose

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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A Fool with Hands

Aubre Boose

Submitted to Contest #307

“Get over yourself!”My ears ring when she smacks me across the face. My nose is sore and congested with blood, and it soils my white collar with a musty tang. My knees hit the ground, and my hands tremble in front of my face, but she still yanks my ear and throws me down with no mercy. I lose every breath when she kicks me in the stomach and repeats what she can’t seem to get off her chest.“Stop bothering me, Karma!”I swallow blood as I hold the ache in my stomach. She’s with a group of her friends, the ones who hate me just as much as she d...

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I Dream of Red

Aubre Boose

Submitted to Contest #282

A new set of eyes would fix everything. A different pair of shoes could take him farther than the norm of a nearby coffee shop. A change of hands, fingers, and even his brain could work the pages of his half-empty notebook. “Nothing new,” he wrote on the top space before the vacant lines below. If words could spill from a cup, he’d been doing a horrible job at knocking the cup over. His head fizzed with nothing, and his nose cringed at the stench of cigarette smoke all around him. With a pencil on a blank page, his lips rolled against each o...

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You and Me, Park?

Aubre Boose

Submitted to Contest #273

His mother gifted him recess at the park for the first time in weeks. He hadn’t been getting good grades to convince her he needed any gratification until today’s math test. But finally, the boring days of no phone paid off with a “B.” It couldn’t have been a more perfect day to play with new friends and run in the hot grass while the wind blew him around like a dandelion. When he got there, he immediately began a game of tag with three other kids. “Be careful you don’t fall!” his mom yelled.He heard her fair and square, but he couldn’t...

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