Babbs Davis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

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“Three Views of the Bridge” by Babbs Davis

Submitted to Contest #150

Three Views From the Suicide Bridge “Please, don’t do it. Don’t do it,” the gusting winds blew around his head and whipped the man’s brown, stringy hair, but the drumming of Rodney’s erratically beating heart drowned the plea roaring in his ears. His grip tightened on the low guard railing. At last! The perfect suicide bridge. Stretching further out over the side of the New River Gorge Bridge, he squinted through ghostly morning haze shrouding the steep-sided canyon—the murmuring river flowing far below enticing, the mist’s curling finger...

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“ The Nightingale Catcher” by Babbs Davis

Submitted to Contest #16

            Finding the witch’s house again should have been easy. Gretel kicked a dense layer of moldering leaves blanketing the primeval forest floor. Stupid, she thought. Should have accepted Hansel’s offer to draw map.   A gray mouse scurried across the young woman’s sturdy hiking boot. “Nibble, nibble, little mouse,” Gretel said and smiled–her usual good humor restored. A chill autumn wind blew. Gretel shivered. She tucked her long, blond braid inside the fleec...

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