Brandon Cratch

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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“' A Tale of Two Cities.'” by Brandon Cratch

Submitted to Contest #248

“The Tale of Two Cities” Seattle: The Rain and the Muse Ami Larson cocooned herself in her cramped Seattle apartment, where the persistent drizzle sang in harmony with the distant hum of traffic and the rhythmic tap of raindrops against the window. Once a software engineer at a leading tech giant, Ami had abandoned the binary world of code to chase the whispers of stories that serenaded her during walks along the misty Puget Sound. The cries of gulls and the tang of salt air ignited her imagination, compelling her to trade algorithms for na...

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““Scales of a Surgeon”” by Brandon Cratch

Submitted to Contest #246

In the hushed corridors of St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, where the air was thick with the scent of antiseptic mingled with quiet hopes, Dr. Alex Freeman was a burst of unexpected laughter. As a pediatric surgeon, his presence was like a ray of sunshine in the often-somber environment. His scrubs, festooned with cartoon characters, and his stethoscope, which he called “Mr. Whiskers,” rarely failed to draw a smile from his young patients. Alex had grown up as the only child of two renowned surgeons. From a young age, he was steeped in an atm...

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