Blake Hogen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Escape” by Blake Hogen

Submitted to Contest #54

“So I guess that was my mistake...leaving you alive!”“Boring! Everyone always says that. Can’t you think of something more original?” John’s face smiled; his mouth smiled, but his eyes glared with a coldness Michael hadn’t known since that one winter when he was a kid, when he had destroyed his ankle chasing Donny through the woods just off the lot, that root seeming to spring from the snow, grasping his foot and twisting it, mercilessly, way passed anywhere it should have gone.He had screamed, screamed forever, but Donny wa...

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“The Present” by Blake Hogen

Submitted to Contest #53

I can’t stand it anymore. It’s literally sweltering, and that is honestly not a word I find myself using...ever. Jack’s at work, but it’s 4:30 so I’m hoping to God that he’ll be home soon. I’ve spent the whole day packing and I-I just can’t stand it anymore. I can’t stand being in this house and looking outside and watching the occasional person walk by, mask-adorned, dragging along a teacup dog that stops to spray some grass every three inches of sidewalk. I mean, I ...

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“Mom” by Blake Hogen

Submitted to Contest #52

The wind howls through the narrow seams between panes of glass, snowflakes slamming against the windows and the door repeatedly, as if rocks were being hucked with the intent of shattering the material into a million pieces, all to be strewn about by footsteps between the aisles. If there were any footsteps, of course.  I’m alone in the supermarket. Who shops during a blizzard? I do, of course. Well, I’m not rea...

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Author bio

“Are you searching for purpose? Then write something, yeah it might be worthless Then paint something, then it might be wordless Pointless curses, nonsense verses You'll see purpose start to surface No one else is dealing with your demons Meaning maybe defeating them Could be the beginning of your meaning, friend” -“Kitchen Sink” written by Tyler Joseph