Bobbie Candas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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“I Can't Abide By The Google” by Bobbie Candas

Submitted to Contest #124

I was kind of dreading this trip. But it was a comment I’d suggested in a casual conversation, and then my grandma seized on it, remembered me saying it, and here we were now, doing it. Sitting in my Honda in her driveway listening to a podcast, I waited for Grandma. Finally, the door to her house swung open and my five-foot-tall granny and her three large bags emerged. She marched over to my open window and swung a large, heavy book at me.            “Here, Jenny. Got you something we ...

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“Violets are Blue” by Bobbie Candas

Submitted to Contest #123

VIOLETS ARE BLUE          I stood in front of the mirror smiling, practicing a few opening lines. “P-p-professor Hirshfield, g-g-good to see…” No, I should use nice to see you. Gs are always tough. “Nice to see you. I love your new office s-s-space.” No need for space. Just say I love your new office. That works. Keep it simple and keep practicing. Mother would be proud; although she thinks me awkward, graceless, socially challenged, but always has hope for improvement. I’m not quite so harsh,...

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